Re: [PATCH] Show "No subfolders" in tree view instead of "empty" when only showing folders

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Sat, 2005-06-25 at 12:54 +0200, Lukas Kolbe wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 13:08:34 +0200, martin wehner wrote:
> 
> > So, back it out? It'd be ok with me - While I see the potential danger of it 
> > being misleading, after seeing it in action I agree that it doesn't look too 
> > hot. The "No Subfolders" string is a bit too wide for the tree and I guess 
> > it could get really wide in some translations: "(Keine Unterverzeichnisse)" 
> > in German for example. So most of the time the label will get cropped 
> > anyway.
> >
> 
> So, what about simply _not_ providing a mark to open the subfolders when
> there _are_ no subfolders? I mean, would this be so hard/inefficient?
> I personally find it just not nice to be able to unfold a folder in the
> treeview, just to see that it has no subfolders.

Yes, this is hard/inefficient. It needs Gtk+ changes to be possible.

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