** Changed in: gnome-utils
Status: New => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/587650
Title:
Disk Usage Analyzer should provide contextual menu option "open
folder"
Status in gnome-utils - GNOME Desktop Utilities:
Fix Released
Status in “gnome-utils” package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Binary package hint: gnome-utils
There really should be another context menu item to open the folder
directly on the ring charts (maybe also to copy the path to
clipboard?) - I know the possibility exists on the left plane (by the
way - why is that no integrated nautilus?) but assuming that you have
folder A with sub-folders B and C and you want to open folders for
both of them (say they both are rather large and you want to examine
why)... (and "looking for big folders and checking them out why they
are so big" is probably the most used feature of tools like these...)
Assuming you are on right right plane and now the charts you want to
inspect, B and C.
- You left-click on the chart. Chart zooms in, giving you information you
didn't want (I want to see the files already!).
- You move the mouse to the left pane, find the newly selected entry by hand,
move the mouse over it, right/left-click open folder.
- You move the mouse back to the right pane, right/left-click, "Move to
parent folder".
Repeat for file C (although you can skip the last step if this is the
last folder you want to inspect).
That's - for two files - 10 clicks, two times mouse movement between
widget areas which shouldn't be necessary, one "come on, directory
where are you" looking session and you lose focus because you visually
lose the chart you are currently working with (folder A) on the right
pane.
From a usability standpoint I find this horrible.
If the chart provided a context menu it would be 4 clicks, mouse would
stay on the right pane, no "directory searching" and the right pane
would not change for no reason.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-utils 2.30.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May 30 22:33:15 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/baobab
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-utils
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