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Bug 683735 - No "Create empty file" option when there are zero templates
No "Create empty file" option when there are zero templates
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
3.5.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 687293 701759 731666 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-09-10 18:15 UTC by André Gillibert
Modified: 2014-06-15 11:41 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description André Gillibert 2012-09-10 18:15:11 UTC
As described in Fix 676838, the "new document" menu is not shown if no templates are installed.
Unfortunately, it's not possible anymore to create an empty file (even though, it's possible to create an empty folder) if no templates are installed.
Comment 1 Cosimo Cecchi 2012-09-10 21:58:26 UTC
Bug 676838 and bug 324253 explain why this is not a good idea...if you want you can add a template to your ~/Templates directory and get it back, but I don't think we want to revisit that choice.
Comment 2 André Gillibert 2012-09-14 15:02:00 UTC
In that case, would not it be more consistent to entirely remove the "New empty file" of the "New Document" menu?

It's weird to see that adding a single template creates two items in the "New Document" menu.
Comment 3 Luca Cavalli 2013-01-29 16:54:58 UTC
Same problem here. I added an "Empty Document" template and now the "New Document" menu entry carries two "Empty Document" entries, while the correct behaviour would be to show only one entry.

In case you keep the WONTFIX, is there any way to remove the automatic menu entry?
Comment 4 António Fernandes 2013-01-29 23:12:29 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)

The duplicate Empty Document has been removed in the development version: http://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus/commit/?id=9323dde5c0f06b048b1daaf2cc683991d6b7d076  The fix will be available in the next major software release.
Comment 5 António Fernandes 2013-01-29 23:39:14 UTC
*** Bug 687293 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 António Fernandes 2013-06-06 20:17:54 UTC
*** Bug 701759 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 André Klapper 2014-06-14 22:08:04 UTC
*** Bug 731666 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 André Klapper 2014-06-15 11:41:27 UTC
*** Bug 731666 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***