it's especially useful for touchscreen
#check box selection files like file explorer
narrow siren
Files already has check boxes, you should be able touch the file/folder icon to select
You can also access select all in the toolbar
paper vale
is this, another bug in the column view?
steady creek
They should show when hovering over a file thumbnail
narrow siren
It seems they don't show for the column layout, I'm guessing that is a bug, but select all should still work
steady creek
Oh, I didn't realize we were talking about the Column View.
Multiselect isn't supported in the Column View
paper vale
and is there a way to have a checkbox right on the left side of the "name"? The way it works currently feels a bit convoluted, like clicking three times in different positions, in comparison click touch keyboard click expand, click ctrl a is only four click
steady creek
What do you mean?
paper vale
meaning at least in other view, have a checkbox on the left side of the top row.
steady creek
Ah, like this?
https://github.com/files-community/Files/issues/9528
paper vale
group header is nice to have, but I mean the top level of the current directory. Without this, it quickly falls into another hell of clicking around to disable grouping
narrow siren
This?
paper vale
yes
steady creek
group header is nice to have, but I mean the top level of the current directory....
We're tracking both requests there 👍