Currently the Nautilus view toggle is global, which in most cases makes a lot of sense. However, would be really useful if there’s some way of explicitly changing the view settings for a folder. The biggest use case for this feature in my opinion is the Downloads folder. For example: I prefer t…

Refer: [image] Feature request: Set view display per folder , more view option in file chooser picker Desktop hi, first coming from apple environment , i really like most of the gnome desktop minimalist environment but still there’s 2 things i really don’t get. Will it b…

I understand that we want to keep the current behavior of setting the view settings globally, that makes sense. What I’m proposing here is to have some way of explicitly setting a view mode for a folder, this maybe could be accomplished with an option in the folder right click menu or something lik…

Thank you @dyegoaurelio for re-opening this discussion. For linking reasons: There was another one three years ago Nautilus remember view - View mode setting should be persistent for each directory -GNOME Discourse I am happy about any way this can be re-implemented :blush:. I can second what wfpou…

It looks like there is no opposition to the suggestions so far :wink:.

[image] gnobuntu: Hopefully the implementation can now be in a way that there is less confusion and less of maintenance burden. There is no indication that anything has changed in that regard, so: no.

Thank you, @ebassi , for taking time to write your comment! On the one hand it is good to know that nothing has changed in this regard, on the other hand it is really discouraging. I hoped there will be some positive development regarding this over the many years. I have been really patient as there…

While this feature is lucrative, it could easily end up confusing the user if implemented the wrong way (per-folder view settings etc). Primary reason being users would set per folder view for a handful of folders with enthusiasm, and after a while forget which view setting was used for which folder…

Thanks for the response! I would be fine implementing the feature only for the Downloads folder and it would solve my personal issue. However, I do feel like this could cause some frustration for users that may want to use the custom view elsewhere, like the Screenshots folder. But I do agree tha…

[image] dyegoaurelio: But I do agree that this could cause confusion if someone set it up on multiple folders and forgets about it afterwards, so limiting the feature to the Downloads folder for now could be a nice compromise. This idea needs feedback from nautilus developers and the design t…

@Sid Thanks a lot for responding and being willing to explore options! This is really encouraging. I wonder whether it makes sense to only allow the per-folder-view for only one folder, e.g. Downloads, as @dyegoaurelio hinted. It may also be easier to introduce it for all folders (less or similar …

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Sid (Sid) December 11, 2024, 3:52am 10

This idea needs feedback from nautilus developers and the design team.

Adding a View mode API