User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux ppc; fr; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20060601 Firefox/2.0.0.3 (Ubuntu-edgy) Build Identifier: either tabs in file-manager are certainly not usefull, the ability to split window in two (or more) verticaly or horizontally frames improve the way you can manage files, specially if you use thunar full screen. It where great to have thet feature in thunar. (sorry for my bad english) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.use xfce 2.open thunar 3.there is no split option
I second that. Thunar is my favorite file manager but sometimes I have to use GnomeCommander or EmelFM because of the lack of a split view. To try to keep it simple, I'd suggest to hold another file manager view in the sidebar, along with "shortcuts" and "treeview". View options would apply to both panels: there's no need to have a detailed view in one panel and a compact view in the other one. Please please please?
In the same category, I'd also like Thunar to be enhanced with tabs. Both functionalities are closed IMHO. If using tabs, then user friendlyness would ease movements to/from tabs. For instance, add a context menu that contains shortcuts to copy/move selected items to a tab. There should be two additional entries (one for copying, one for moving) the selected items. Each of these would open a sub menu with the content of every other tab from the same window. Example: ... --- Copy to... > (sub menu listing every other tab directory, sorted) Move to... > (same sub menu) --- ... Or add to the «Send to» sub menu ... --- Send to > ... (same items as before) --- Tab 1 (or directory name) Tab 2 (or directory name) ... Hoping this is clear enough :-)
(In reply to comment #2)> Or add to the «Send to» sub menu Oops, sorry, forgot to add: > ... > --- > Send to > ... (same items as before) > --- > Tab 1 (or directory name) > Tab 2 (or directory name) > ... Send to can dynamically change to «Copy to» when the «Ctrl» key is pressed and to «Move to» when «Shift» or «Alt» is pressed. When none of these keys are pressed, a confirmation message should be popped asking to either copy or move files, e.g. a button for each of these actions, like: «Cancel» «Copy» «Move» Plus a checkbox for «Remember my choice from now on» maybe?
Any progress on this one? This is more useful since thunar can mount smb:// and stuff like this and is thus highly appreciated. Thanks in advance guys!
(In reply to comment #2) > In the same category, I'd also like Thunar to be enhanced with tabs. About tabs, see this report: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6102
like Fabien Cazenave, I sometimes have to open gnome-commander just to perform file operations between two directories. the ability to split window would be, to my point, a great improvement to Thunar.
Sometimes you have to draw a line...
The status says WONTFIX so it looks like this already is a lost cause. Split is a very useful feature though. Is it feasible to add split support with the help of a plugin?
(In reply to Majid Fouladpour from comment #8) > Split is a very useful feature though. Is it feasible to add split support > with the help of a plugin? No way, a split window would require changes in the very basics of thunar. One would create and manage two instances of ThunarStandardView, instead of only one single instance in ThunarWindow. Probably a split would have as well other implications. If you come up with a working patch which does that, we could talk about it.