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Bug 504771 - Show total file size in Status bar
Show total file size in Status bar
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.21.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-12-20 23:13 UTC by Mårten Woxberg
Modified: 2012-08-31 15:40 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.21/2.22



Description Mårten Woxberg 2007-12-20 23:13:45 UTC
I apologize if the terminology is a bit incorrect, I'm using the sv_SE and not en_GB

If I have the status bar (View/Statusbar) turned on I get information about the number of files in a specific folder and the total space available to me.
11 objects, free space: 264,2 MB

If you select a number of objects (files and/or folders) you get:
2 folders selected (containing total of 65 objects), 2 other objects selected (761,6 kB)

I don't like to do a CTRL-A to select everything just to get the total size of every file in the folder so
I'd like to suggest a change to how the information is presented with no items selected:
U objects (V folders, X objects using Y space), free space: Z
where U is total number of objects
V is number of folders local or mounted
and X is the number of other files.
Y is their total size
Z is total space left on drive/partition

Also
This information is not available when using "list view"
Well, it is, until you select a file or folder. Then it gets replaced with:
"Filename.extension" selected (XXX MB)
It's impossible to not have a file or folder selected in "list view" as it is in "icon view"

Preferably the total size of the folder and or disk/partition could be aligned right in the status bar so it's always available in the lower
right corner.

Other information:
Comment 1 Tommaso R. Donnarumma 2008-08-19 10:02:49 UTC
Confirmed in 2.23.90. It would be a nice to have.
Comment 2 egasimus 2008-09-11 07:18:45 UTC
Confirmed. I absolutely agree.
Comment 3 Mårten Woxberg 2010-09-17 06:11:26 UTC
Am I the only one bugged by this?
Comment 4 William Jon McCann 2012-08-31 15:40:43 UTC
The statusbar design has changed considerably since this was filed. We don't show it when nothing is selected anymore.