Bug 412671

Summary:	Properties dialog: Separate filesystem info clearer from selected folder
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kio	Reporter:	Gregor Mi <codestruct>
Component:	Properties dialog	Assignee:	KIO Bugs <kio-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	bugseforuns, kde, kdelibs-bugs-null, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	5.60.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Properties Dialog for a folder Properties Dialog for a file

Description Gregor Mi 2019-10-06 12:31:41 UTC

Recently, I guided an occasional Plasma user when she wanted to sort out which of here files were already copied to an external USB drive and which ones were newer or missing. The following is one of the findings for potential improvement.

This is a rather minor thing, but I thought it is still worth reporting. When examining folders, the user was unsure what the "Free Space" in the filesystem section means. There was the impression it has something to do with the folder itself.

THOUGHTS:

Maybe it is possible to make it clearer that all info in the lower section relates to the filesystem and not to the folder itself.

Interestingly, the filesystem info section is not visible for files, see second screenshot.

Comment 1 Gregor Mi 2019-10-06 12:32:01 UTC

Created attachment 123061 [details]
Properties Dialog for a folder

Comment 2 Gregor Mi 2019-10-06 12:32:14 UTC

Created attachment 123062 [details]
Properties Dialog for a file

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2019-10-06 22:20:57 UTC

This is an excellent observation. Everything else on that page is about the item itself, so adding general information about the filesystem like that is confusing. My first inclination is to say that this information should only be shown when you're actually getting the properties of a disk or mountpoint, and for that case, the non-relevant or inaccurate information should not be shown. Thoughts?

Comment 4 Kai Uwe Broulik 2019-10-07 08:05:34 UTC

+1 I never liked those file system infos there in the first place.
However, adding yet another tab to the dialog also doesn't sound like a good idea.

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2019-10-07 20:00:03 UTC

Patch: https://phabricator.kde.org/D24476