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imsnif / diskonaut

Terminal disk space navigator 🔭
MIT License
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auto select single folder #37

Closed deathtrip closed 4 years ago

deathtrip commented 4 years ago

When you enter a folder and there's only one subfolder, it makes sense to automatically select it. Maybe also consider auto selecting the biggest folder if there are many subfolders. Because currently it takes an extra button press to select anything.

imsnif commented 4 years ago

Hmm... I understand what you're saying, but I'm a little concerned about auto-selection for first-time users who don't yet "get" what the marked tile is. (If it appears because you did something as a user, I think you would immediately understand what it's for).

What would you think of instead of this, when going into a folder that just has 1 tile, we would automatically go into that tile's folder directly (recursively until we get to a folder with more than 1 rectangle)? So that if I'm in: /home/aram/ and I enter /home/aram/something which only has 1 folder called data, I would immediately get to /home/aram/something/data.

deathtrip commented 4 years ago

Going directly to a folder with more than one rectangle could also confuse some users.

Maybe then a command line switch or config file entry, so you could control both options. You could for example have diskonaut select the biggest tile when there are many, and if there's only one, go down the folder hierarchy.

imsnif commented 4 years ago

I usually like avoiding command line switches to control behaviour unless it's an extreme circumstance (eg. text-only mode or something like that).

How about if we add a "hidden" feature, wherein if you press "ENTER" and nothing is selected, the app goes into the largest folder?

deathtrip commented 4 years ago

Seems like a good idea.