Opened 17 months ago

Closed 17 months ago

Last modified 17 months ago

#18513 closed bug (no change required)

bug: [Tracker] "Desktop" link in "home" does not get opened in Tracker

Reported by: haiclu Owned by: nobody
Priority: normal Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Applications/Tracker Version: R1/beta4
Keywords: Tracker, Desktop Cc:
Blocked By: Blocking:
Platform: All

Description (last modified by haiclu)

nightly Build/QEMU Boot: qemu-system-x86_64 -m 512 -cdrom haiku-master-hrev57151-x86_64-anyboot.iso

uname -a: 'Haiku shredder 1 hrev57151'

Also occurs on the Beta4 release.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Double click "home" folder on desktop.
  2. Inside the opened Tracker window, double click the "Desktop" folder.
  3. Observe as tracker refuses to open the folder.

See attached video.

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Change History (6)

comment:1 by humdinger, 17 months ago

Resolution: no change required
Status: newclosed

That is a design decision. The Desktop folder is always open as fullscreen in the back of all other windows.

comment:2 by humdinger, 17 months ago

To add: If you activate "Single window navigation" in Tracker preferences, the Desktop folder opens in its own Tracker window.

by haiclu, 17 months ago

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comment:3 by haiclu, 17 months ago

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in reply to:  1 comment:4 by haiclu, 17 months ago

Replying to humdinger:

That is a design decision. The Desktop folder is always open as fullscreen in the back of all other windows.

Oh, I see. Thanks

comment:5 by waddlesplash, 17 months ago

To clarify further, Tracker uses "spatial navigation" by default. If you open a folder in a window, then double-click on that same folder from another window, a second window won't be opened, but the already-opened window for that folder will be raised. The "Desktop" is already "open", hence it isn't opened again.

Indeed you can switch to "single window navigation" (non-spatial mode) if you prefer (and I usually do.)

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