Summary: | Add url navigator widget to start page | ||
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Product: | [Applications] gwenview | Reporter: | Mirek Długosz <miniopl> |
Component: | general | Assignee: | Gwenview Bugs <gwenview-bugs-null> |
Status: | CONFIRMED --- | ||
Severity: | wishlist | CC: | huon, null |
Priority: | NOR | ||
Version: | 2.8.4 | ||
Target Milestone: | 2.10 | ||
Platform: | Debian testing | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
See Also: | https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=233359 | ||
Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: |
Description
Mirek Długosz
2012-07-16 21:00:59 UTC
Makes sense, I need to check if it is possible to show the url navigator without any url. There are other external solutions for getting a URL bar when Gwenview opens: 1. Use a shell alias, e.g. alias gwen="gwenview ~" 2. Similar to 1), create a custom Desktop file that opens Gwenview in a specified folder (e.g. ~) I personally think an empty URL bar on the Start page is a bit weird and unconventional. It might be confusing - if it's empty, it's probably not obvious what it actually is if you don't already know. Even if we must change Gwenview to accommodate this use case, I think a better solution would be to allow the user to specify a starting folder, similar to Dolphin. > an empty URL bar on the Start page is a bit weird As discussed elsewhere (e.g. Bug 387906, possibly other places), a good long-term goal would be to make the Start Page a bit more consistent with Browse and View. Having the URL bar is one step in that direction, and just like (an older version of) Konqueror it could simply display something like "startpage:/". > allow the user to specify a starting folder, similar to Dolphin. See Bug 233359, where we discussed this before (oddly enough, you wanted to "improve the start page" and "don't see [the config option] as necessary" ;). I think we should do both, i.e. add the URL navigator and add an option as detailed in the second comment over in Bug 233359 (option #2). (In reply to Henrik Fehlauer from comment #3) > > an empty URL bar on the Start page is a bit weird > As discussed elsewhere (e.g. Bug 387906, possibly other places), a good > long-term goal would be to make the Start Page a bit more consistent with > Browse and View. Having the URL bar is one step in that direction, and just > like (an older version of) Konqueror it could simply display something like > "startpage:/". Doesn't sound too bad actually, and I like consistency. > > allow the user to specify a starting folder, similar to Dolphin. > See Bug 233359, where we discussed this before (oddly enough, you wanted to > "improve the start page" and "don't see [the config option] as necessary" ;). Knew that rang a bell :) In my defense, I did preface my comment here with "If we must..." > I think we should do both, i.e. add the URL navigator and add an option as > detailed in the second comment over in Bug 233359 (option #2). I wouldn't oppose this. I also now just realise they solve slightly different problems. One is for a consistent starting directory (your pictures folder), and one is for quick access to type an arbitrary URL. |