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Bug 166926 - Allow interacting with open folders
Allow interacting with open folders
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 129421
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
2.8.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-02-10 14:04 UTC by Maurizio Colucci
Modified: 2005-02-10 18:24 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.7/2.8


Description Maurizio Colucci 2005-02-10 14:04:02 UTC 
I believe usability would benefit if you allowed interacting with open 
  folders. 

  Currently, in order to act upon a folder F, I must
  be viewing not F, but its *parent*.

  Example: Suppose I have a nautilus window displaying folder
  /foo/bar. In order to delete "bar", I have to go to the *parent*
  folder (foo).

  This seems illogical to me.  And the problem is even more apparent
  with spatial nautilus: here, a window and a folder are strongly
  identified, so I should be able to act on a folder when I am viewing
  its window.

  Proposed solution: add a checkbox, or a button, in each nautilus
  window. This checkbox allows you to select and deselect THE FOLDER
  ITSELF. Then you can act upon it the traditional way (with the edit
  menu, or by right-clicking).

  I am not sure if this also allows to drag an open folder to another
  place. Maybe another tecnhique must be invented.


Other information:
Comment 1 Vincent Noel 2005-02-10 18:24:10 UTC 
Your comments are already summed up in bug #126561 and (especially) bug #129421.
Please don't hesitate to add any new comments to one of these bugs, your input
is much appreciated.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 129421 ***