GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 702532
give a visual clue to follow a specific path
Last modified: 2021-06-18 15:29:34 UTC
Give a visual clue to follow a specific path In a computer folder tree, there are paths that we follow most often, but each time we need to choose among multiple folders to follow the path. There are also paths that we follow rarely, but we never completely remember the path. There must be a visual way to mark such paths.
One concrete scenario is to find the videos on my camera. The path is completely cryptic: . ├── DCIM ├── MISC └── PRIVATE └── AVCHD ├── AVCHDTN ├── BDMV │ ├── CLIPINF │ ├── PLAYLIST │ └── STREAM └── IISVPL I used to have a generic emblem on each folder of the path. (but emblems are gone)
Why not a bookmark or a symbolic link to the path? It is easier to set up than marking every single directory in the path. Opening a bookmark of a symbolic link is also faster than iterating through the directories in the path.
(In reply to comment #2) > Why not a bookmark The space given to bookmarks is very limited. I would rather not add too many of them. otherwise we loose the benefit of bookmarks at all. > or a symbolic link to the path? It is easier to set up than > marking every single directory in the path. Yes, a symbolic link could be a solution. I am using it in some cases. But you get the same problem as soon as you have more than a few links to choose from Also, in the example in comment #1, it is a FAT filesystem which does not support symbolic links. > Opening a bookmark of a symbolic > link is also faster than iterating through the directories in the path. It is easier to follow a well tagged/marked path (= n brainless clicks), than to find a name in a list.
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