GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 634081
Add an option to always start with two side panes
Last modified: 2012-07-20 23:44:21 UTC
this report has been filed here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/667717 "The second file bar that is activated via F3 is not available after restart of nautilus anymore. nautilus version: 2.32.0 To reproduce: 1. start nautilus 2. press F3. (second file bar occurs) 3. close nautilus and restart it 4. the second file bar is not there any more Expected behavior: Second file bar is visible after restart of application If this is the intended behavior it is not consistent with behavior of the other bars as they can be added permantly."
That's not a sidebar, but an additional view pane, so I don't think it makes much sense to have an option for it to be always on. What's your use case?
It's the same use case(s) why you use an additional view pane at all: - you can use drag&drop - you can open/see different directories simultaneously You should give the user the choice of adding the additonal view pane permanently. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who would appreciate that.
I think this is a good idea. We could also take it a step further and make the split view replace the usual sidebar when used this way.
*** Bug 630379 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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