GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 561797
Side Pane (Sidebar Panel) "Tree" is not a "View"
Last modified: 2012-07-20 12:03:36 UTC
The View menu (both in the File Browser and in spatial mode) allows to pick just one of three Views: Icons, List and Compact. Nautilus always uses on of those three Views. The Tree in the Side Pane (Sidebar Panel in Bugzilla) is also called a View in a number of places. However, it's not of the same category as the three Views and shouldn't be treated as such. Views are a global setting. The Tree is a "widget" that is only shown if three conditions are met: the File Browser is used; the Side Pane is visible; the Tree "mode" is chosen. I suggest: - it shouldn't be called "Tree View" (e.g. in various places section 6.3.7 of the documentation) but perhaps just "Tree" (which the documentation already does a number of times); - it's (single) preference shouldn't share the Views tab of the Preferences dialog with the Icons, List and Compact Views and moved to (perhaps) the Display tab.
> - it shouldn't be called "Tree View" (e.g. in various places section 6.3.7 of > the documentation) but perhaps just "Tree" (which the documentation already > does a number of times); Makes sense to me. Probably "Tree Sidebar" would be more informative ("what 'Tree'?") It's still relevant for 3.2 docs. I'm not sure where documentation bugs should be filed. > - it's (single) preference shouldn't share the Views tab of the Preferences > dialog with the Icons, List and Compact Views and moved to (perhaps) the > Display tab. I'm not sure. Probably remaning the header from "Tree View" to "Tree Sidebar" would be enough?
(In reply to comment #1) > Makes sense to me. Probably "Tree Sidebar" would be more informative ("what > 'Tree'?") It's still relevant for 3.2 docs. I'm not sure where documentation > bugs should be filed. gnome-user-docs, but right now the docs are "right", as they reflect the current denomination in the Nautilus preferences. > > - it's (single) preference shouldn't share the Views tab of the Preferences > > dialog with the Icons, List and Compact Views and moved to (perhaps) the > > Display tab. > > I'm not sure. Probably remaning the header from "Tree View" to "Tree Sidebar" > would be enough? I think I agree with the proposal of the original reporter of this bug. Mixing it with the other view preferences is confusing, since it's not a view indeed.
This bug should no longer be present with the latest Nautilus redesign.