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Bug 144314 - renaming/deleting in file selector
renaming/deleting in file selector
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkFileChooser
2.4.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
: 141156 160927 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-06-14 10:26 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified: 2005-10-10 01:09 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Sebastien Bacher 2004-06-14 10:26:44 UTC 
This bug has been forwarded in the Debian BTS: http://bugs.debian.org/253346

"It would be nice to have a contextual menu to rename/delete files or
directories in the file selector."
Comment 1 Federico Mena Quintero 2004-06-23 00:49:14 UTC 
Sorry, this is part of what made the old file selector look cluttered.  You can
use the file manager for that.
Comment 2 Federico Mena Quintero 2004-07-09 01:24:32 UTC 
*** Bug 141156 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Federico Mena Quintero 2004-12-15 01:16:47 UTC 
*** Bug 160927 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Samuli Kärkkäinen 2005-10-10 01:09:15 UTC 
The contextual menu doesn't clutter the window for novice users. It's something
one opens only when wanting to do something less common, in a "Can't find the
feature from the main UI, let's try the context menu as a last resort." situation.

Also: renaming can very much be seen as an "undo" feature. Let's say -- as I
just did -- I click "Create Folder", type something, press TAB to see if it
would autocomplete, find out it doesn't but instead goes ahead and creates the
directory right away. Now I have a directory and I can't rename it or get rid of
it. And there is no undo button.

Now, an "undo" button would be awesome, but perhaps on a tough side :) In
absence of it, "rename" and "delete" should exist.