[Bug 12369] New: Should have an Invert Selection option in nautilus

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           Summary: Should have an Invert Selection option in nautilus
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: nautilus
        AssignedTo: seb128 at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: euphaar at gmail.com
         QAContact: desktop-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com


Hi,

This is a feature request in nautilus to have an option to invert the current
selection. That is, if we have 25 items in a folder, and we select any 10 random
items, on clicking Invert Selection, the other 15 items will be selected, and
the original 10 items will be de-selected.


Use Case:

When I'm backing up data from a certain directory, I select some files that
would fit on a CD. After burning these files, I'd like to be able to select the
remaining ones easily, so I can put them on another disc.
Right now I have to unselect the files, and then manually choose the ones I
haven't burned carefully. Or, insert the burnt disc and compare visually myself
to only choose the files which haven't been burnt. This is tedious and not very
confortable when you're doing the same operation repeatedly or when the no. of
files is large.

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