[Design] lighten Dolphin’s Control menu

[Kevin Krammer]

On Sunday, 2013-09-01, Todd wrote:
> Some of these I will skip because I don't feel strongly or don't have
> anything specific to add, but I do have comments on others
> 
> On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 7:31 PM, sinma <eichi237 at mailoo.org> wrote:

> > Finally, the «New» menu you can add in the toolbar must also be there by
> > default (more intuitive than right-clic on a blank space), next to
> > «Undo».
> > 
> > «Create New» submenu should be removed if we put it in the toolbar.
> > After reflexion, I don’t know if it’s a good design choice for the
> > «Details»
> > view because if we expand folders the user can create file and folder in
> > the
> > wrong folder. Any though?
> 
> What makes you say it is more intuitive than right-click?  On the contrary,
> I would say it is the opposite.  Most toolbar buttons are general dolphin
> things, while the "new" actions are tied specific directories.  I think
> adding those to the toolbar would break that distinction.  You can also
> "create new" in a subfolder by right-clicking on the sub-folder.  Your
> approach would remove that functionality.
> 
> Your example of the details view is exactly why putting it in the toolbar
> is a bad idea.

Also problematic when using split view.

Cheers,
Kevin
-- 
Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer
KDE user support, developer mentoring
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