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Bug 81610 - List view should macos style list view.
List view should macos style list view.
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Views: All
0.x.x [obsolete]
Other All
: Normal enhancement
: future
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 163688 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-05-13 07:21 UTC by Dave Bordoley [Not Reading Bug Mail]
Modified: 2005-07-14 18:14 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Dave Bordoley [Not Reading Bug Mail] 2002-05-13 07:21:55 UTC 
macos has a really nice combination list/tree view. It's really nice and
easy to use. It would be nice to turn the nautilus list view into a macos
style list view.
Comment 1 Luis Villa 2002-05-21 04:26:13 UTC 
I personally tend to dislike the OS/X list view, though I'm not a huge
fan of nautilus's either. I wish I could pinpoint why, though. Maybe
I'll play with it tomorrow before my brother takes back his Ti. :)
Comment 2 Gregory Merchan 2002-06-02 11:58:57 UTC 
I like both the Mac Outliner (Details, Tree) and Browser (columns)
views and would love to have them in Nautilus. (And clean up the
rest too. ;-)
Comment 3 John Fleck 2002-11-18 13:46:51 UTC 
Moving this off to "future" since there's been no recent discussion or
action.
Comment 4 Michael Toomim 2003-01-27 08:06:04 UTC 
This looks like bug 96239.
Comment 5 Dave Bordoley [Not Reading Bug Mail] 2003-01-27 11:36:00 UTC 
No bug 96239 is a request for NEXT style column list, this is a
request for macos 9 style list view.
Comment 6 Sebastien Bacher 2005-01-11 16:13:12 UTC 
*** Bug 163688 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Sebastien Bacher 2005-01-24 10:08:25 UTC 
what's the difference between the next and macos modes ?
Comment 8 Reed Hedges 2005-01-24 13:37:58 UTC 
The NeXT or MacOSX mode that people are requesting is a "columns" view. The
browser is divided into about 2-5 vertical columns (you can add/remove them), in
theory there can be any number of columns, with a horizontal scroll bar at the
bottom for all of them. Each column has its own vertical scroll bar and displays
a listing of a directory. Initially only the first column is filled. When you
select a directory (by clicking) in that  first column, the second column is
filled with a listing for that directory, etc.  This is a very efficient way of
browsing for many tasks (I find it especially useful for reorganizing files). 
Additionally, in MacOS X, if you select a file (non-directory), details of that
file and a preview are displayed in the next free column.  (Though the sidebar
in Nautilus performs a similar function).

Mac OS 9 does not have a browsing mode like this, AFAIK.


NeXT Step: http://freespace.virgin.net/linux.users/NeXTSTEP/ui_browser.jpg,
http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.13/13.07/Jul97-GettingStarted/fig4.gif
OSX: See attached picture at bug 96239.
Comment 9 Vincent Noel 2005-07-14 18:14:47 UTC 
The Macos-style list view is now implemented in nautilus.