Bug#663900: nautilus: Propose an option to open all "links" in new tab

[Apelete Seketeli]

Package: nautilus
Version: 2.26.2-3
Severity: wishlist

Now that nautilus has tab support, it may be interesting to be able to open new nautilus instances in new tabs by default. Here's an example:

I already have a nautilus window opened and I click on the wastebasket icon in the panel: instead of always opening in a new window, I would like to have it open in a new tab instead.

This will help the new tab feature be used at its best: usb keys and mounted volumes which trigger nautilus would be opened in a new tab, saving space in the panel for instance.

As I said it should be a configurable option, so that the current behaviour can be keeped.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages nautilus depends on:
ii  desktop-file-utils          0.15-2       Utilities for .desktop files
ii  gvfs                        1.2.2-2      userspace virtual filesystem - ser
ii  libatk1.0-0                 1.26.0-1     The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbeagle1                  0.3.9-1      library for accessing beagle using
ii  libc6                       2.9-12       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                   1.8.6-2+b1   The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2            0.80-4       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libexempi3                  2.1.0-3      library to parse XMP metadata (Lib
ii  libexif12                   0.6.17-1     library to parse EXIF files
ii  libgail18                   2.16.1-2     GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.26.0-1     GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.20.1-2     The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-11       2.26.1-1     Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgtk2.0-0                 2.16.1-2     The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                     2:1.0.5-1    X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnautilus-extension1      2.26.2-3     libraries for nautilus components 
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.24.2-1     Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libselinux1                 2.0.71-1     SELinux shared libraries
ii  libsm6                      2:1.1.0-2    X11 Session Management library
ii  libtrackerclient0           0.6.94-1     metadata database, indexer and sea
ii  libunique-1.0-0             1.0.8-1      Library for writing single instanc
ii  libx11-6                    2:1.2.1-1    X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                     2.7.3.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrender1                 1:0.9.4-2    X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  nautilus-data               2.26.2-3     data files for nautilus
ii  shared-mime-info            0.60-2       FreeDesktop.org shared MIME databa

Versions of packages nautilus recommends:
pn  app-install-dat <none>                   (no description available)
ii  brasero         0.8.0-3+b1               CD/DVD burning application for GNO
ii  consolekit      0.3.0-2                  framework for defining and trackin
ii  desktop-base    5.0.5                    common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  eject           2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-6 ejects CDs and operates CD-Changer
ii  gnome-mount     0.8-2                    wrapper for (un)mounting and eject
ii  gvfs-backends   1.2.2-2                  userspace virtual filesystem - bac
ii  librsvg2-common 2.22.3-2                 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  synaptic        0.62.5+b1                Graphical package manager

Versions of packages nautilus suggests:
ii  eog                        2.24.3.1-1+b2 Eye of GNOME graphics viewer progr
ii  evince [pdf-viewer]        2.26.1-2      Document (postscript, pdf) viewer
ii  totem                      2.24.3-3      A simple media player for the GNOM
pn  tracker                    <none>        (no description available)
pn  xdg-user-dirs              <none>        (no description available)

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