Comment 15 for bug 230098

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Marcus Haslam (marcus-haslam) wrote : Re: [Bug 230098] Re: Media in 'Places' side bar should have same context menu as in 'Computer'

I'm out of the office until 1st August.

On 27 Apr 2011, at 16:46, Bug Watch Updater
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> ** Changed in: nautilus
>   Importance: Low => Wishlist
>
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> Title:
>  Media in 'Places' side bar should have same context menu as in
>  'Computer'
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>  Invalid
> Status in Nautilus:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
>  Triaged
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: nautilus
>
>  I find it pretty confusing that the context menu of (removable or
> non-
>  removable)  media is so short, as compared to what you get when
> right-
>  clicking the same drive after a click on the 'Computer' toolbar icon.
>
>  Especially from removable media (USB-Sticks, SD-Cards...) I want to
>  right-click the places bar to select "Properties", in order to learn
>  about the remaining disk space on the drive, which is very useful
> when
>  drag-dropping files and folders into a drive listed in the places
> side
>  bar.
>
>  Of course, I don't want to navigate away from my current folder
>  (because I might have files selected, or the view scrolled down by a
>  specific amount...), neither would I want to open a new window (from
>  the side-bar list's drive's context menu), then right-click into this
>  new window again and select 'Properties' from there...
>
>  For me, this is mostly about disk-space, but I'm sure there is a lot
>  more cases when people would need a not-so-crippled context menu in
>  the places list.