Bug 70147

Summary: Wish: context toolbar in Konsole
Product: [Applications] konsole Reporter: Shane Hathaway <shane>
Component: generalAssignee: Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: scorp1us
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Shane Hathaway 2003-12-11 18:44:26 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.1.4)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

I'd like to suggest a context toolbar for Konsole.  I've made a mockup that you can find at the following URL:

http://hathaway.freezope.org/Images/context-konsole.png

The toolbar at the top of the window shows you what directory the shell is currently visiting.  Presumably the shell tells Konsole what the current directory is using escape sequences in the prompt.  The up button issues a "cd .." to the shell, while the back and forward buttons move you to recently visited directories by issuing "cd" commands.

The most important feature is the history of recent directories, accessible from the URL drop-down widget.  Personally, I would save a lot of time if I could navigate this way.
Comment 1 Jason Hihn 2004-03-09 15:05:34 UTC 
Please see bugs (wishes) 77080 and 77081 for extensions of this idea.
Comment 2 Robert Knight 2007-02-10 04:11:38 UTC 
As mentioned in other reports, I am very loathe to add any GUI controls to Konsole of this sort.

I feel that the basic problem here of navigating around directories really ought to be fixed in the shell program ( ie. bash ) rather than in the terminal emulator.