Created attachment 67947 [details] Crude example patch. Version: 2.0 (using Devel) OS: Linux In the details view every time i change the folder the text in the "Size" column (for folders) blinks from "Unknown" to the actual items count. In other cases, "Unknown" may show up for like a second. The same "Unknown" is displayed when the size of the folder is really unknown (for example, when the user doesn't have permissions to list it). I think that it would be good to display some other text while calculating the folder size (or do not display any text at all). For example: "Calculating…", "Updating…" or an empty string: "". An example (crude) patch is attached. It does the thing, but it should be done in a cleaner way, i think. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Use details view. Open/refresh a folder with some other folders, like /usr/lib/. Actual Results: "Unknown" text blinks for a moment in the size column (or stays there for about a second). It's the same text that is displayed when the size of the folder is really unknown. Expected Results: Better descriptive text or no text at all (while loading). If you remove the text at all, the user won't think "stop, what was there just now?", but the blink would be a little bit more visible. This should probably be tested on various folders (small and large ones).
Thanks for the patch! I generally agree and think probably just showing an empty text temporary might reduce this "flicker" effect. But I need to try it ;-)
Git commit d9bc83e626dc2c789ad71c61f367495eaa2830d7 by Peter Penz. Committed on 03/02/2012 at 23:07. Pushed by ppenz into branch 'KDE/4.8'. Show the value "Unknown" for the item-count only after it has been verified During determining the item-count for directories just show an empty string until either the item-count has been calculated or if the item-count is unknown. Thanks to Nikita Skovoroda for the initial proof-of-concept patch. FIXED-IN: 4.8.1 M +7 -5 dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemlistwidget.cpp M +10 -13 dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp M +0 -6 dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h M +7 -5 dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp http://commits.kde.org/kde-baseapps/d9bc83e626dc2c789ad71c61f367495eaa2830d7
Git commit 9643e50ae7d49c1829290d7069c97dbcc3785f7f by Peter Penz. Committed on 03/02/2012 at 23:07. Pushed by ppenz into branch 'master'. Show the value "Unknown" for the item-count only after it has been verified During determining the item-count for directories just show an empty string until either the item-count has been calculated or if the item-count is unknown. Thanks to Nikita Skovoroda for the initial proof-of-concept patch. FIXED-IN: 4.8.1 M +7 -5 dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemlistwidget.cpp M +10 -13 dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp M +0 -6 dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h M +7 -5 dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp http://commits.kde.org/kde-baseapps/9643e50ae7d49c1829290d7069c97dbcc3785f7f