From b67dab3478e206e5af4f8abd61f95a733a485fc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lkxed Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 18:28:00 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] =?UTF-8?q?[=E6=89=8B=E5=8A=A8=E9=80=89=E9=A2=98][tech?= =?UTF-8?q?]:=2020220919=20GNOME=20Files=20Introduces=20Most-Requested=20F?= =?UTF-8?q?eature-=20New=20File=20Menu.md?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- ...s Most-Requested Feature- New File Menu.md | 89 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 89 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sources/tech/20220919 GNOME Files Introduces Most-Requested Feature- New File Menu.md diff --git a/sources/tech/20220919 GNOME Files Introduces Most-Requested Feature- New File Menu.md b/sources/tech/20220919 GNOME Files Introduces Most-Requested Feature- New File Menu.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e9e192e471 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20220919 GNOME Files Introduces Most-Requested Feature- New File Menu.md @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +[#]: subject: "GNOME Files Introduces Most-Requested Feature: New File Menu" +[#]: via: "https://www.debugpoint.com/gnome-files-new-file-document/" +[#]: author: "Arindam https://www.debugpoint.com/author/admin1/" +[#]: collector: "lkxed" +[#]: translator: " " +[#]: reviewer: " " +[#]: publisher: " " +[#]: url: " " + +GNOME Files Introduces Most-Requested Feature: New File Menu +====== +Here’s the “new file” feature in GNOME Files which gives you a new way of creating documents and files. Have a look. + +No more tweaking in the backend. The most anticipated feature of creating a new document / new files via the context menu in Files (aka Nautilus) finally arrives. + +Developed as part of the [Google Summer of Code 2022][1] (by Ignacy Kuchciński), the change was recently reviewed and merged into the main branch of Files. + +### How it looks + +When you right-click on the Files, the context menu has a new option, “New File”. + +![New File Option in Files Context Menu][2] + +The GNOME Files New File option launches an action window, as shown in the below image. + +![GNOME Files New File Action Dialog][3] + +A couple of things happen behind the scenes when it launches the above dialog box. + +You are probably aware that you can create a “Template” folder with templates in your Home directory to easily access commonly used document types. So, Files checks whether you have a Template directory. + +If a template directory with templates is present, you get a list of those document types to create a new document. + +![GNOME Files New File Template Dialog (when some templates present)][4] + +And if you don’t have any templates (which is likely), Files scans your system and shows a list of common file types based on the installed applications in your system. + +For example, Text editor, LibreOffice document types – Spreadsheets, presentations, etc. + +Some other things happen here. The file extension is selected by default when you choose a file type for a New document. That’s a protected label on the file name text box. + +Moreover, if you don’t have any templates or any applications installed, then the Files New Document menu option is not shown at all! + +### Future Roadmap + +The developer also proposed a future enhancement of this feature, extending its functionality to a greater extent. + +When no template is available, the dialog will look like the one below. It will allow you to create files by selecting the applications, including blank files. + +In addition, you can directly launch Software to install some applications which can help you create those respective file types. + +![Long term vision with additional features (Image Credit: GNOEM Team)][5] + +Since this feature is more complex, it may be developed later. There is no timeline as of now. + +### Is this available in Files 43 (via GNOME 43)? + +However, this change requires some additional design review, in my opinion. I feel it’s not complete. For example, when you have templates, you can not create the standard document types (for text, LibreOffice docs) – those two dialog are mutually exclusive. Also, there are some minor bugs which I find. + +Although the feature is [approved and merged][6] at the moment, it could not make it to the [GNOME 43][7] release candidate due to schedule conflicts. + +Hopefully, you can get this in GNOME 44 release next year after a good round of review and testing. + +### Wrapping Up + +Overall, it’s an elegant feature, and I don’t think any other File manager has this advanced design today. Once this FIles New document feature is implemented entirely, it would a nice addition to its excellent set of features. + +So, do you like this new design? Do let me know in the comment box. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://www.debugpoint.com/gnome-files-new-file-document/ + +作者：[Arindam][a] +选题：[lkxed][b] +译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://www.debugpoint.com/author/admin1/ +[b]: https://github.com/lkxed +[1]: https://debugpointnews.com/gsoc-2022/ +[2]: https://www.debugpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/New-File-Option-in-Files-Context-Menu.jpg +[3]: https://www.debugpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GNOME-Files-New-Document-Action-Dialog.jpg +[4]: https://www.debugpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GNOME-Files-New-Document-Template-Dialog.jpg +[5]: https://www.debugpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Long-term-vision-with-additional-features.jpg +[6]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/merge_requests/914 +[7]: https://www.debugpoint.com/gnome-43/ From bfdfbccab7968a90c0b6f5f56621549364a7e001 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Xingyu.Wang" Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 22:55:33 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Rename sources/tech/20220919 GNOME Files Introduces Most-Requested Feature- New File Menu.md to sources/news/20220919 GNOME Files Introduces Most-Requested Feature- New File Menu.md --- ...NOME Files Introduces Most-Requested Feature- New File Menu.md | 0 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) rename sources/{tech => news}/20220919 GNOME Files Introduces Most-Requested Feature- New File Menu.md (100%) diff --git a/sources/tech/20220919 GNOME Files Introduces Most-Requested Feature- New File Menu.md b/sources/news/20220919 GNOME Files Introduces Most-Requested Feature- New File Menu.md similarity index 100% rename from sources/tech/20220919 GNOME Files Introduces Most-Requested Feature- New File Menu.md rename to sources/news/20220919 GNOME Files Introduces Most-Requested Feature- New File Menu.md