Right-clicks in column view open items

Bug #1270566 reported by José M. Benítez
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Jeremy Wootten

Bug Description

Right-clicks in column view behave as expected, but they also open elements. I don't know if that's desired behaviour and I guess it doesn't matter too much when right-clicking on directories, but I don't think it's right with regular files. Maybe the user just wants to check the size or change some property: that doesn't mean the file needs to be open.

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José M. Benítez (jmiguelbenitez) wrote :

Well, the file thing is not there yet, but it'll happen when bug #1082680 is solved :P

Changed in pantheon-files:
assignee: nobody → Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten)
Cody Garver (codygarver)
Changed in pantheon-files:
milestone: none → isis-beta1
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel) wrote :

A fix was suggested in bug 1301169

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Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten) wrote : Re: [Bug 1270566] Re: Right-clicks in column view open items

Using fm-list-view (with minor modifications) instead of fm-columns-view in
the MILLER View mode makes sure that behaviour in the two views is the same
and automatically fixes a number of bugs relating to inconsistent behaviour
of the MILLER view. There does not seem to be any real advantage to
having a separate fm-column-view widget. See
lp:~jeremywootten/pantheon-files/rewrite-fm-column-view-as-cut-down-fm-list-view.

As a further step it should be possible to merge these two widgets into one
with two modes (single column, noexpanders and multi-column with expanders).

I agree it may be possible to use the newer GtkTreeView to simplify or
replace ExoTreeView.

On 2 April 2014 16:10, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff <email address hidden>wrote:

> A fix was suggested in bug 1301169
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1270566
>
> Title:
> Right-clicks in column view open items
>
> Status in Pantheon Files:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Right-clicks in column view behave as expected, but they also open
> elements. I don't know if that's desired behaviour and I guess it
> doesn't matter too much when right-clicking on directories, but I
> don't think it's right with regular files. Maybe the user just wants
> to check the size or change some property: that doesn't mean the file
> needs to be open.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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Cody Garver (codygarver)
Changed in pantheon-files:
milestone: isis-beta1 → isis-beta2
Changed in pantheon-files:
status: New → In Progress
Cody Garver (codygarver)
Changed in pantheon-files:
milestone: freya-beta2 → none
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Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten) wrote :

In the linked branch, right-click in column view selects but does not activate the row (and opens context menu or, if moved starts drag).

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PerfectCarl (name-is-carl) wrote :

Fixed in files/all-views-vala

Changed in pantheon-files:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
milestone: none → freya-beta2
Changed in pantheon-files:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Cody Garver (codygarver)
Changed in pantheon-files:
milestone: freya-beta2 → 0.2
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