Created attachment 5235 nautilus connect to server dialog Hi, I think a "connect to server" menu in Thunar is lacking. Thunar is already able to connect to network shares (SMB/SFTP/WebDAV...) using gvfs, but it's not discoverable at all. The user has to type sftp://user@server:port/ or something similar for other protocols. sftp is not a good example, because it's mostly used by tech people who will read docs and find a way to connect to the server, but the fact is that most software/web apps/sites documentations do not provide such a link when they explain how to connect to a service (FTP space, WebDAV shares...). They just present the user with a separate username, password and server address. I would just do the same if I gave credentials for a SFTP share. Even if I like the use of URIs because they're easily shareable, it's difficult for someone without knowledge to use them, or understand what they do. It can also be hard to remember the exact syntax. Having no menu entry/dialog/GUI for this makes the adoption of not-non-free, decentralized, not-web-based file sharing solutions harder for non-technical users. I would appreciate a "connect to server" dialog box in Thunar, accessible from he toolbar or the "File" menu. Nautilus had one for years and that's almost the only feature i miss from this file manager. What do you think? Attaching screenshots of said dialog.
Created attachment 6598 ui mock It'd also be nice if the UI could give you some shortcuts using ~/.ssh/config Host-lines. E.g. if I have Host foobox user foo port 8080 then clicking "foobox" from the list of presets (as shown in attachment) would fill the information. Note the ~/.ssh/config in parens – a successful connection should also add an entry to the preset-list with "(recent)" in parenthesis. Anything you recently typed in, there's a chance you want to connect to again (but require a successful connection so the list doesn't fill up with trash).
Also, on putting the cursor in the hostname field, it could show suggestions populated with recent hostnames and results from "arp -a".
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