GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 429490
Can we have a zoom slider for all icon/list views?
Last modified: 2011-02-25 21:30:45 UTC
Hey, i was looking at some images of new koffice stuff and i noticed that they have a zoom slide now for the page size. and i thought it could be a good idea to have a zoom slider in nautilus as well.. instead of those "simple" drop down boxes ;) some examples of a zoom slider in action: http://klid.dk/kde/da/docs/koffice/krita/palettes-controlbox-overview.png http://search.live.com/images/results.aspx?q=&mkt=en-us&FORM=LIVSOP (good looking.. not working as good there) http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/images/features/2005/09-13Office12-word_lg.jpg (lower right corner) i had a sample of a ajax based image zoom slider thing but i lost the link so i can`t show it.. but that was looking exactly how i would implant it.. And now to list a few of the positive effects of it: - Changing the icon/list size is as easy as it can be - way more user friendly - improves the overall nautilus usability i think it`s not a mather of _IF_ it`s ever gonna be implanted (or a patch written) but just a mather of when. Let me know what you think of it. Mark
Created attachment 158357 [details] [review] Replaces zoom buttons with zoom slider This patch replaces the zoom buttons in the toolbar with a zoom slider in the status bar. I DID NOT WRITE THIS CODE and do not demand any credit for it. I just split out the according parts from the nautilus-elementary project[1] to attach it here. However I am willing to work on the patch, if there's interest to get it in trunk and there are things need to be done. I'll also attach a screenshot. [1] https://launchpad.net/nautilus-elementary
Created attachment 158358 [details] Screenshot of patch in action
Created attachment 158360 [details] [review] Replaces zoom buttons with zoom slider There was an tab space added to an empty line in the previous patch, sorry.
We could use a GtkScaleButton for that (which can work both horizontally and vertically).
Michael, thanks for your work. However, the zoom control won't be shown in nautilus' 3.0 chrome, according to the new design [1], so this should be closed as obsolete. [1] http://afaikblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/nautilus-expanded.png