[dolphin] [Bug 464585] Visually mark hardlinks
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464585 --- Comment #6 from Jens --- I would like to suggest *not* to create a kind of "counter" overlay icon, though it sounds great on first thought. Considerations: – In details/compact view (with smallest icon size) overlay icons are really tiny and a number is almost impossible to read. – In addition this needs to implement quite a lot of different overlay icons (→ mem load). – Alternatively a textual overlay (→ e.g. Unicode square/encircled numbers) would complicate the implementation unnecessarily as this needs to be rendered at least each time you change the directory (→ even more mem load/switch time). – And at last, this most likely will cause a (endless) discussion about, »where should it stop counting?«. Instead I think a different colored overlay icon (with normal file name font style for hardlinks, as suggested by Simone Gaiarin) might be a good "first sight hint" (e.g. symlinks→green / hardlinks→yellow). If colors might be hard(er) to implement, maybe a different position (symlinks→lower right/ hardlinks→upper left) will do. In addition a hardlink counter field in the preview (both pane & tooltip) and *maybe* a column (→ details view) could make it even more customizable. (And *if* this needs another column/field to be replaced, I really wouldn't miss the assessment field.) BTW, I really miss such a feature! It's a pain i.t.a. to create workarounds for this kind of link management. Even Krusader can't help here. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
[dolphin] [Bug 464585] Visually mark hardlinks
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464585 Simone Gaiarin changed: What|Removed |Added Status|REPORTED|CONFIRMED Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #5 from Simone Gaiarin --- My personal preference: - text: normal because a hard link is a normal file at the end - icon: little number mark Regarding the text. I would exclude italic because it can mislead the user in thinking it is a symlink. I would exclude semi-bold because the icon becomes too flashy respect the others. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
[dolphin] [Bug 464585] Visually mark hardlinks
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464585 --- Comment #4 from lowell...@gmail.com --- Created attachment 156685 --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=156685=edit Dolphin List View: Link Number -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
[dolphin] [Bug 464585] Visually mark hardlinks
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464585 --- Comment #3 from lowell...@gmail.com --- Created attachment 156684 --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=156684=edit Dolphin List View: Link Icon -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
[dolphin] [Bug 464585] Visually mark hardlinks
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464585 lowell...@gmail.com changed: What|Removed |Added CC||lowell...@gmail.com --- Comment #2 from lowell...@gmail.com --- Summery: - Add a visual mark to distinguish a hard-link from a normal file. Suggested behaviour: - Visually mark any file whose hard-link number is greater than one. - Mark the corner of the file as done with symlinks. - Use an icon or the total number of hard-links. - Format the file name to visually differentiate it form other files. - Use semi-bold to indicate its a hard-link! - Optionally use italicized for all link types. Use-case: - Allowing the user to easily know if the file is "hard-linked" elsewhere would empower more intelligent decisions on how to interact with files. - A user may want to free space on their disk, deleting a single copy of a hard-linked file will not accomplish this - A user may wrongly believe they have a second (hard-linked) copy of the file elsewhere and want to delete the current copy - A user may want to make a local change, but the file is hard-linked so it may apply the change globally - A user may falsely believe that a file is hard-linked but due to poor application interaction said link was destroyed - text editors with "backup" enabled often replace hard-linked files with new copy of the text file destroying the hard-link Conclusion: Though the use cases may be considered niche, there are benefits in being able to see at a glance if a file is hard-link or not. This feature would greatly improve the user output that dolphin provides, enabling the user to take the correct action. Currently proper hard-link support is practically nonexistent on file browsers, which makes this feature tedious to use at best, difficult to use or invisible at worst. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
[dolphin] [Bug 464585] Visually mark hardlinks
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464585 Simone Gaiarin changed: What|Removed |Added CC||i.m.j...@gmx.de --- Comment #1 from Simone Gaiarin --- *** Bug 359873 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
[dolphin] [Bug 464585] Visually mark hardlinks
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464585 Simone Gaiarin changed: What|Removed |Added See Also||https://bugs.kde.org/show_b ||ug.cgi?id=359873 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
