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Bug 91175 - Give 'New' options on desktop right click menu it's own menu.
Give 'New' options on desktop right click menu it's own menu.
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Desktop
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-08-19 15:38 UTC by Matthew Werny
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Matthew Werny 2002-08-19 15:38:37 UTC 
Description of Problem:
All the 'New' options clutter the desktop right
click menu.

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Right click on desktop
2. 
3. 

Actual Results:
When you right click on the desktop you get a list
of multiple menu options for "New Window", "New
Folder", "New Launcher" and "New Terminal".

Expected Results:

Instead having a "New" menu with the options
"Window", "Folder", Launcher" and "Terminal" would
be much cleaner and less cluttered.


How often does this happen? 
Every time.

Additional Information:
Comment 1 Dave Bordoley [Not Reading Bug Mail] 2002-08-22 20:56:12 UTC 
well submenus within context menus are very unHIGly.

My personal solution to this problem is to remove new window and new 
terminal from the context menu, leaving only new launcher and new 
folder and therefore no need for a submenu.

see bug 82463 for discussion of why new window should go, and my 
rationale for new terminal is the same. Note i do think it would be 
pretty cool to have open with => terminal for folders.
Comment 2 Dave Bordoley [Not Reading Bug Mail] 2002-10-31 14:23:29 UTC 
submenus in context menus are bad, and the hig recommends against
them.  so i'm just going to mark this wontfix. (I know i'm excercing
ui judgement here but oh well)