Fwd: Folderview is great - Small idea for improvement

[Marco Martin]

my two useless cents...

On Saturday 28 June 2008, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
>
> I just love the folderview plasmid. IMHO it is the greatest improvement/new
> thinking that the plasmoids offer at the moment. I see myself having a
> "File Away" folder, a "Temp" folder and a "Current Project" folder and drag
> and drop freely between. Greta job everyone (and Aaron, we all love you and
> of course also all the other great developers. Your work is most
> appreciated by most of us. All KDE lovers should be more verbal!).
>
>
>
> One suggestion.  (draft picture attached)
> I would like to have access to multiple (let's say max of 3) folders in the
> same plasmoid. This would mean 3 lines one below the other at the top of
> the plasmoid with the names of the 3 chosen folders. The current white line
> with text is great. Hovering or cklicking on one of the lines would switch
> to that folder in the bottom part of the plasmoid. Dragging an item over
> one of the lines would automatically switch and I could easily drop it in
> one of the chosen folders. I hope you get the meaning here. The size of the
> plasmoid should stay constant but scroll bars should appear.

i like the grouping thing, i think it should be not a thing strictly related 
to the folderview but global for all applets.
i.e. i can select le's say 3 applets and then group them in a layout or in a 
kind of a tabbed interface like this proposal.

Cheers,
Marco Martin