Re: [rox-devel] Auto-size the filer window

[Denis M. <de...@li...>]

On mar, 17 ott 2000 22:09:31 Thomas Leonard wrote:

> - The window doesn't open until scanning is finished. So, if you open a
>   big directory then it can take several seconds before the window
>   appears - very bad for user feedback! Either open it right away and then
>   resize when scanning is done, or have a timeout...

Easely solvable, the better way seems to be wait the end of scanning then
resize.
 
> - Resizing the window causes it to jump around rather a lot (might depend
>   on the window manager). I think it should resize less often (eg, only
>   become larger when there are *loads* of files, and don't become smaller
>   at all).
> 
> What does everyone else think?

I think that this can be leaved to user choice, setting for example setting
max/min width/height from options.
Personally I hate wasted screen space, so if I open an empty dir I'd like
to have a very little Filer win.