GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 573741
List open nautilus folders in shortcuts
Last modified: 2018-02-10 04:35:26 UTC
I have received a feature request which looks difficult to implement (it would require the long-awaited nautilus D-Bus interface) but really cool nevertheless. [ Original report from Marc Fargas: http://bugs.debian.org/517825 ] One awesome feature on the Gtk File Chooser dialogs would be if it could list, on the favorites list on the left, The folders currently open in Nautilus (or any other file browser). Say, i.e., That I have Nautilus opened in a folder ($HOME/some/very/deep/structure/ ) and right-click in Epiphany "Save image.." It'd be awesome to see "$HOME/some/very/deep/structure/" on the favorties!
Hmmm, doesn't Nautilus already store visited folders in ~/.recently-used.xbel? If so, the "recent files" section of the file chooser could be modified to display folders as well.
I have no such .recently-used.xbel but, anyway, wouldn't it include entries for: $HOME/ $HOME/some/ $HOME/some/very/ $HOME/some/very/deep/ $HOME/some/very/deep/structure/ ? It'd be much more awesome to only see the last one on the GtkFileChooser, and when you close that Nautilus Window it should disappear somehow ;) Regards, Marc
As Nautilus will receive less and less visibility in GNOME 3 I propose a WONTFIX.
No, this is still valid. The file chooser needs to present you helpful places; if you have opened such places in Nautilus, it makes sense to show them in the file chooser. Bug #653253 is about making Nautilus save visited folders to the recently-used list. Cosimo doesn't seem too convinced, and I see his point. I don't know if he'd be happy exporting a gimme_list_of_open_folders() method from Nautilus's DBus API. CCing Cosimo - what do you think about this?
(In reply to comment #4) > Bug #653253 is about making Nautilus save visited folders to the recently-used > list. Cosimo doesn't seem too convinced, and I see his point. I don't know if > he'd be happy exporting a gimme_list_of_open_folders() method from Nautilus's > DBus API. > > CCing Cosimo - what do you think about this? I'm not opposed to export such a method on Nautilus' DBus interface; it's a fundamentally different approach than saving them into GtkRecentManager, since you're not saving anything, just having a snapshot of current state available, which is self-explanatory to the users of the API. On the other hand, where did you think to show these folders in the file chooser? The sidebar seems an obvious candidate, but with the current state of things, it would probably just add even more noise rather than helping; in other words, I think it'd be better to first redesign the sidebar (e.g. make it consistent with the Nautilus one) and then implement this.
(In reply to comment #5) > > I'm not opposed to export such a method on Nautilus' DBus interface; it's a > fundamentally different approach than saving them into GtkRecentManager, since > you're not saving anything, just having a snapshot of current state available, > which is self-explanatory to the users of the API. Great! > On the other hand, where did you think to show these folders in the file > chooser? The sidebar seems an obvious candidate, but with the current state of > things, it would probably just add even more noise rather than helping; in > other words, I think it'd be better to first redesign the sidebar (e.g. make it > consistent with the Nautilus one) and then implement this. What, is this a subtle way of telling me to move my lazy ass with respect to the places-sidebar branch? :) Yes, I need to finish that. It still has nautilus-isms in it... would you have a little time to help? :)
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