GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 622789
Make it possible to open real parent folder (when inside a symlink or in search results)
Last modified: 2012-09-05 12:12:29 UTC
Add an entry in the menu when I right-click a file/folder link, which will open the file/folder location directory.
When do you want this to happen? In nautilus?
I want nautilus to open the parent directory,
You can do that with the pathbar already. Isn't this enough?
If I use the pathbar, by clicking on the up arrow, it will open the folder inside which is the link, not the real file/folder. I also consider as links, search results.
(In reply to comment #3) > You can do that with the pathbar already. Isn't this enough? If I use the pathbar, by clicking on the up arrow, it will open the folder inside which is the link, not the real file/folder. I also consider as links, search results.
This bug could be considered a duplicate of: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=623124 ..or vice versa, whichever the devs prefer. We ask the same thing actually, but I didn't know that xenos.d filed the bug. Sorry for the duplicate :)
could you describe the "can do that with the pathbar already" thing? can't reproduce it with nautilus-3.0 (let's start with that there is no up arrow any more) i'd suggest to integrate this with the breadcrumbs bar, as one can be several steps into symlinks: assume this structure: |- foo/ \-\ my_links/ |-\ dir_a/ | \- to_foo -> /foo \- dir_b -> ./dir_a one can now be in /my_links/dir_b/to_foo/, where both dir_b and to_foo are symlinks. the breadcrumb icons of 'dir_b' and 'to_foo' could have small indicators and offer (when receiving a right-click or a click on the indicator) to dereference that symlink step (so by clicking on dir_b, one would be redirected to /my_links/dir_a/to_foo, and by clicking on to_foo from either case, one would be redirected to /foo). in neither case, the view would change, as it can stay in the sub-folders of the now dereferenced symlink.
To understand what we want, look in this nautilus script (http://pastebin.ubuntu-gr.org/pastebin.php?dl=f65463bb9).
ok -- that's not what i'd call "inside a symlink", but i now understand what you're looking for. even the nautilus-follow-symlink extension only partially supports this (it does so for symlinks to folders, but afaict not for symlinks to files). extending that (compared to the shell script) would allow for better handling of corner cases (multiple selected files). i'm just notifying the extension's author author of this whole thread of discussions (bug 652944), at least this bug might be of interest to him.
*** Bug 623124 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 333265 ***