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Bug 169573 - 'Close all Windows' does not close spatial windows of nautilus
'Close all Windows' does not close spatial windows of nautilus
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Navigation
2.11.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-03-08 08:37 UTC by Raj
Modified: 2011-02-25 20:22 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.11/2.12

Attachments
Proposed patch (2.55 KB, patch)
2005-08-17 10:38 UTC, Christian Neumair 		none Details | Review
Closes all nautilus windows on "Close all folders" / "Close all windows" (Ctrl + Q) (#169573) (2.72 KB, patch)
2010-07-09 22:52 UTC, Marcus Carlson 		none Details | Review

Description Raj 2005-03-08 08:37:42 UTC 
A usability issue with nautilus, if i am right.

When a user has a few windows open in spatial mode & a few others in
browser mode, then the menu option File->Close all windows, implicitly 
suggest the user that all nautilus windows would be closed. But actually
this option closes all browser mode windows only & ignores the spatial windows.
This is a wee bit misleading, imo.

But, if the user had only spatial windows open, then the option 
File->Close all Folders, makes good sense to him, as he has visible proof of the
fact that every double-click on a folder opened a new window.

imo, the option in browser mode should be changed to something like
'Close Browser Windows'. This would give a clear picture to the user as to
what the option does.

And i feel the best solution would be have a common option which closes
all windows irrespective of the windows being in spatial mode or browser mode.

Comments ?
Comment 1 Christian Neumair 2005-08-17 10:21:53 UTC 
The separation between spatial and navigational mode windows was introduced
intentionally. IMHO it would still be nice to bind ctrl-shift-Q to really have
all, navigation and spatial, windows closed.
Comment 2 Christian Neumair 2005-08-17 10:38:06 UTC 
Created attachment 50851 [details] [review]
Proposed patch

...also submitted to nautilus-list [1] for review.

[1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/nautilus-list/2005-August/msg00167.html
Comment 3 Calum Benson 2005-08-19 17:13:37 UTC 
FWIW, Ctrl-Shift-Q doesn't quite feel like the right shortcut to me... it's not doing anything related to Quit, 
and as a Mac user, I kind of expect it to log me out altogether :)  Cc'ing usability-maint to see if anyone 
has any more helpful thoughts... but personally, I'd just like File->Close all Windows to close all my 
windows, period, whether I have a spatial or a browser window focused.
Comment 4 Allan Day 2010-07-09 09:44:27 UTC 
I'd agree with Calum... updating component.
Comment 5 Marcus Carlson 2010-07-09 22:52:09 UTC 
Created attachment 165586 [details] [review]
Closes all nautilus windows on "Close all folders" / "Close all windows" (Ctrl + Q) (#169573)
Comment 6 Cosimo Cecchi 2011-02-25 20:22:59 UTC 
This doesn't seem to be relevant anymore now that we don't do spatial.