GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 155791
Size of folders should be size of folder's content.
Last modified: 2018-12-27 22:17:33 UTC
It would be nice if I could get the size of a folder in terms of kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, and so on, not just the number of items in the folder. I often don't care about how many items are in the folder. I more often care about how much storage space the folder is taking up. This is related to, but not the same as, bug 130066.
where do you have the size of the folder ? 'The contents' field of properties should display the number of elements and the size ...
I'm talking about list mode (as opposed to icon mode, image preview mode, etc.). I would like to see disk space usage in this mode, not number of items in the folder. I think this information would help people know what to delete when they're trying to move stuff around or free up disk space. Getting this information from the properties window requires many mouse clicks and is not easily sorted into ascending or descending order.
ok, confirmed.
Forgive me if this is inappropriate, but I just ran into this issue and I wanted to add a "me too." I really am liking the direction that nautilus is going wrt acting more like the mac finder, and I think this would be a very welcome addition! Thanks. Jeremiah
The tricky thing is probably that it has to be done recursively, and thus causes much disk access, which is probably bad for laptops.
That problem would be handled by the existing "Count number of items:" menu, though it would need to be renamed to "Calculate folder sizes:" and perhaps default to "Never".
This is about three years old now. Just wanted to add that this is a feature I too would like to see.
*** Bug 592122 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Same here. Would be really nice if it had a high priority. Isn't there a way to integrate baobab (which kind of does what we want) into nautilus?
Would enjoy this feature too. As it may use more ressource than the current "item number", I see 2 possibilities: - it could be enabled via an option (in Nautilus Preferences) - it could be enabled by default, but using a size limit in order to limit disk access (for example: display "More than 100Mio" if the folder size is more than 100Mio ), and this size limit could be chosen by the user in the Preferences menu.
While I agree it migh be nice, I'm not sure it is vital for being able to identify a folder. The list view is primarily for finding information. Once you find it you can determine the properties of the item. Sorting files by size is important for finding because it can help identify them. It is pretty typical to think files as having a size in "megabytes". I don't think it is as common to think of folders as having a size in those units but rather in the number of items within. Apart from that there are technical concerns that make this basically a non-starter. Given the fact that this may not be technically possible and that there is little in return in terms of user experience I'm going to close this until someone can step up with a working implementation.