Re: [PATCH] bug 145237: parent-folders button does not look like a button

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 15:44 +0400, Nickolay V. Shmyrev wrote:
> В Втр, 05/10/2004 в 13:35 +0200, Alexander Larsson пишет:
> 
> > Not that I know of. Its a pretty strange idea. It would cause cycles in
> > the hierarchy, and sort of break the "contained in folder" property of
> > all the files showed in a folder window. 
> > 
> 
> Well, the examples of similar implementations are known. The window of
> Midnight Commander has ".." entry that points to parent directory. It
> should be ignored in actions or even not selectable. Just clickable.
> Probably, it can has it's own icon, different from folder icon.

".." as a normal file is confusing to most people. A file that looks
like a normal file but is not selectable or that actions don't apply to
is similary confusing.

I think making the parent folder button more obvious is much better than
anything like this.

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