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Re: Suggestions about qpdfview and filesystem.

 

Hello,

Am 25.05.2015 um 18:42 schrieb Seyyed Razi Alavizadeh:
> Hello again,
> 
>     I think a sub menu would defeat the fast accessibility of that the
>     context menus provide. I thought about it again and I don't have strong
>     opinions about in which context menu to put the three actions anymore as
>     long as the bunch stays together. So IMHO the tab's context menu would
>     be fine as well.
> 
> As an alternative solution for main view's context-menu I think it would
> be helpful if main view's context-menu be customizable in a similar way
> that you have done for toolbars.

Sounds like a useful idea if kept simple. Are you volunteering to
implement it? ;-)

Best regards, Adam.

> 2015-05-24 22:38 GMT+04:30 Adam Reichold <adam.reichold@xxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:adam.reichold@xxxxxxxxxxx>>:
> 
>     Hello again
> 
>     Am 22.05.2015 um 22:20 schrieb Seyyed Razi Alavizadeh:
>     > Hello again,
>     >
>     >     ...and maybe we could have "Open copy in new tab", "Open containing
>     >     folder" and "Copy file path" in the tab's _and_ main view's context menu
>     >     grouped by a separator to improve the discoverability. (Why URL if
>     >     qpdfview can only use local files?) ("Open copy in new tab" could maybe
>     >     use the same icon as "Open in new tab".) ((On Unix systems with a
>     >     selection buffer, there should probably also be a "Select file path".)
>     >
>     >
>     > I personally prefer a clean main view's context menu. maybe it's better
>     > to add them to a sub-menu of main view's context menu?
> 
>     I think a sub menu would defeat the fast accessibility of that the
>     context menus provide. I thought about it again and I don't have strong
>     opinions about in which context menu to put the three actions anymore as
>     long as the bunch stays together. So IMHO the tab's context menu would
>     be fine as well.
> 
>     >     Why URL if qpdfview can only use local files?
>     >
>     > Well, I said URL because I remembered Nautilus uses some options like
>     > "paste file path" and "paste file URL".
> 
>     Ok, so I would argue in favor of "Copy file path" and "Select file path"
>     which uses the plain but absolute file path.
> 
>     Best regards, Adam.
> 
>     > Best Regards,
>     > Razi.
>     >
>     > 2015-05-22 21:24 GMT+04:30 Adam Reichold <adam.reichold@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:adam.reichold@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>     > <mailto:adam.reichold@xxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:adam.reichold@xxxxxxxxxxx>>>:
>     >
>     >     Hello Razi,
>     >
>     >     Am 22.05.2015 um 08:41 schrieb Seyyed Razi Alavizadeh:
>     >     > Hello Adam,
>     >     >
>     >     > I suggest that we:
>     >     > 1- Move "Open containing folder" from file menu to tab's
>     context-menu
>     >     > and also,
>     >
>     >     I think it started out in the main view's context menu and it
>     generally
>     >     was very hard to discover there as it was very much alone
>     (w.r.t. file
>     >     system functions) in that context menu. But I have no issues
>     with moving
>     >     it into the tab's context menu. Only one should take care to
>     properly
>     >     harmonize integration with the shortcut manager and such...
>     >
>     >     > 2- Add "Copy file URL" to tab's context-menu.
>     >
>     >     ...and maybe we could have "Open copy in new tab", "Open
>     containing
>     >     folder" and "Copy file path" in the tab's _and_ main view's
>     context menu
>     >     grouped by a separator to improve the discoverability. (Why URL if
>     >     qpdfview can only use local files?) ("Open copy in new tab"
>     could maybe
>     >     use the same icon as "Open in new tab".) ((On Unix systems with a
>     >     selection buffer, there should probably also be a "Select file
>     path".)
>     >
>     >     Best regards, Adam.
>     >
>     >     > What's your idea?
>     >     >
>     >     > Best Regards,
>     >     > Razi.
>     >     >
>     >     >
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> Alavizadeh, Sayed Razi
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