Nautilus breadcrumbs and location entry at the same time
Use cases
Mimic or copy "elementary Files" breadcrumbs behavior to being able to use breadcrumbs and have the ability and possibility to write on the address bar at the same time if we wanted/choose
The most common benefit I found was to get to hidden directories without enable them in the view
Desired behavior
In Nautilus with breadcrumbs activated. Once you click outside of the breadcrumbs on the right side of it, the breadcrumbs disappear and you get the full path/location entry as text to write on. Once you are done with it (pressing enter or clicking outside) the breadcrumbs mode get activated again
I haven't find a video explaining this exactly but you can see it in this video (youtube link below) while the author explains other stuff how the breadrcumbs bar changes to allow to edit the current path or write a new one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhX56na4lJ8
Benefits of the solution
Having the benefits of both worlds. The easiness of breadcrumbs and the convenience of the text entry. At the moment you can only have one at a time, and using for a while "elementary Files" I realized how efficacious is that implementation, mostly to get to hidden directories without enable something in the view. Just write their known address on the bar.
Possible drawbacks
Most people don't like changes, that's a fact. The best option I can think of to avoid this and possible implement the feature as default in the future is to implement it as a third option and then evaluate how people reacts to it/use it.
- Breadcrumbs on (default)
- Use location entry
- Use both
In terms of how could affect the project, I imagine a redesign in that area to detect a flag to allow having both modes already implemented individually.
In terms of user impact. They know both modes individually and they use one of them, if you present them both at the same time without modifying one or the other I don't see any way an user could feel their environment has changed in a way they could suffer a loss in productivity.