KFileDialog: "Parent Folder" button

Aurélien Gâteau aurelien.gateau at free.fr
Wed Jul 30 15:50:25 BST 2008


Peter Penz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Pretty much Gwenview and Dolphin users requested having a kind of "Go 
> Up"/"Parent Folder" functionality for the URL navigator.
> 
> I've just committed a patch on trunk and it seems to work quite well. But now 
> the "Parent Folder"-button in KFileDialog is not required anymore, as this 
> button is already part of the URL navigator.

It's definitely better with this button, but I remember we had a 
discussion about adding a button to reveal the hidden part of the url.
You can find this discussion here:

http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-usability&m=121175040002025&w=2

I still think it would be a nicer solution than the up button, because 
it provides a way for the user to know where he actually is.

Aurélien




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