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Bug 540637 - Enhance function of left and right arrow keys in Icon View so they "wrap round".
Enhance function of left and right arrow keys in Icon View so they "wrap round".
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 526802
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Keyboardability
2.22.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-06-28 16:09 UTC by Raptor Ramjet
Modified: 2008-06-28 19:14 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement



Description Raptor Ramjet 2008-06-28 16:09:37 UTC
When using Nautilus to view files in Icon View you can use the left and right arrow keys to move to the next or previous icon within the current row of icons.

I would like these keys to "wrap" round and move to the previous/next row as necessary.

i.e. When I've reached the end of a row (the rightmost icon) I would like a subsequent press of the right arrow key to take me to the first icon in the next row (the leftmost icon).

If I was am on the last icon of the last row then a press of the right arrow should take me to the first icon in the view (first icon, first row).

Similarly the left arrow should also "wrap round" taking me from the first (leftmost) icon on the current row to the last (rightmost) icon of the preceeding row.

This would save many key presses as currently you have to press "Home" followed by the down arrow to get to the first icon of the next row.
Comment 1 A. Walton 2008-06-28 19:14:44 UTC
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 526802 ***