it would be good to sort the bookmarks in the same way they are sorted in
Nautilus

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Lili Gates <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thank you. Where do you rename the bookmarks? I have Ubuntu 14.04 and I
> went to Nautilus. on the side there are bookmarks. I right press on them
> and press rename and change their names do not change in the Places & Files
> indicator 0.5.8
> it shows the original name of the directory not the renamed name of the
> bookmark.
>
> On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 3:50 AM, Jacob Vlijm <email address hidden>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lili,
>> Thanks for the report. I am however not sure what you mean:
>> - If I rename a bookmark, its name is immediately updated in the
>> drop-down list.
>> - For clarity reasons, recent files are sorted in chronological order. I
>> am not sure why scrolling is slow for you, possibly a GTK issue on your
>> system. The application creates a straightforward GTK menu. On the
>> scrolling speed, I have no influence in any way.
>> - I will look into the sorting order of the bookmarks.Looking in the
>> code, it should be sorted, but I will experiment a little.
>>
>> Thanks once again!
>>
>> ** Changed in: placesfiles
>>      Assignee: (unassigned) => Jacob Vlijm (vlijm)
>>
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>> report.
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1678389
>>
>> Title:
>>   places are taken out of nautilus - but do not show the renamed
>>   bookmarks but the original folder - useless for large lists
>>
>> Status in Places & Files indicator:
>>   New
>>
>> Bug description:
>>   In Nautilus in Ubuntu 14.04 when you click on a folder and you mark it
>>   a bookmark - you are able to click on that bookmark and press rename
>>   and to give it another name. for example .local share application can
>>   become - application-local-share instead of just application and usr
>>   share application can become application-usr-share. This is much more
>>   useful then just having three directories called applications without
>>   knowing its "renamed" name.
>>
>>   In Places and Files it only shows the original name of the directory -
>>   not the renamed name of the bookmark. If the bookmark was not renamed
>>   then it will show the original name, but if it was the application
>>   should show the renamed name of the bookmark.
>>
>>   Also if you have a lot of bookmarks the program scrolls down very
>>   slowly and if you want to get to the ones on the bottom it takes a
>>   while. and if you want to get to the recent files then it is useless
>>   because every time you have to scroll down and it takes a long time.
>>   there should be a fast way of scrolling down or the recent documents
>>   should be on the top above the bookmarks, or bookmarks / places -
>>   should be in its own folder so that you can choose whether you want to
>>   see recent files or folders quickly and dont have to scroll through a
>>   few dozen bookmarks places before you get to the recent files.
>>
>>   Also for some reason the organization of the places / bookmarks is not
>>   alphabetical and does not match the way they are arranged in nautilus
>>   - possibly following first created to last created date organization
>>   schema - and really should be organized the same way as in nautilus as
>>   you can re-arange them there.
>>
>>    Otherwise this is a great add on thank you
>>
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