GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 42935
status bar should default to displaying the total number of files in the current directory
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
Date Time Type Category Subject ---- ---- ---- -------- ------- 08:18:2000 16:56:02 Feature Reques Usability status bar should show more status IP: 24.128.254.59 Email: rpmuldoon@students.wisc.edu When nautilus is being used as a normal file browser, the status bar should default to displaying the total number of files in the current directory, as well as the total size. Currently, it doesn't say anything, unless you select files. When one does select files, however, Nautilus does a good job of displaying file the selection contents. However, the status information disappears after a little while, even if the files are still selected. It should stay there until they are no longer selected. ------- Additional Comments From sullivan@eazel.com 2000-09-12 16:52:42 ---- We inherited much of the current status bar behavior and haven't really thought hard about it. These two suggestions sound reasonable and might be worth doing, but they aren't very high priority. So I'll get around to them if I have time or if doing them fits naturally with other work. ------- Additional Comments From eli@eazel.com 2000-10-16 19:44:40 ---- Batch-assigning QA ownership of remaining bugs to eli@eazel.com ------- Additional Comments From eli@eazel.com 2001-02-21 11:12:05 ---- QA Assigning to brett. Sorry for the spam. ------- Additional Comments From eli@eazel.com 2001-03-26 11:10:26 ---- QA Assigning to self. ------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2001-09-09 20:41 ------- The original reporter (victor@eazel.com) of this bug does not have an account here. Reassigning to the exporter, unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org.
Changing to "old" target milestone for all bugs laying around with no milestone set.
i don't know why the status bar should show all this information, it's already in the sidebar. seems like this would just further clutter the ui and make it more confusing. i think this is notabug
Very low priority enhancement, but could concievably be seen as an enhancement if done correctly.
The Side Pane displays this kind of information only when Side Pane hasn't been disabled (it really does occupy a lot of screen real-estate). It's reasonable to state that the Status Bar is also suitable to display this kind of information as well. I support the idea that the Status Bar should display the total number of items in the folder, as well as the total size. I also can't think of a good reason why the information in the Status Bar should disappear after about 10 seconds (except for menu item tips).
bug 96816 covers this issue in more depth *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 96816 ***