Calculate "size" of folder by adding up its contents

[Cassidy James Blaede]

When I'm viewing a folder, I sometimes wonder how large it is. Right now, this is impossible to find from the Properties dialog or the column view. Instead, FIles should calculate the size of the folder and display it.

While this might take a while to compute initially (being recursive and all), I wonder if it's something that could be cached and then just updated later if something changes in the folder.

[Danielle Foré (danrabbit)]

In order for this to make sense (speed wise), we'd have to make sure that this does not block loading the directory. It would have to be something that occurs after the directory is loaded.

[Cassidy James Blaede (cassidyjames)]

Yeah, for sure. Loading and showing stuff should have priority, this is a niceity that can be calculated after.

[Ezra Sharp (nicekiwi)]

Keen for this, although the folder-content-size is eventually displayed it seems to calculate it every time, non-cached. Depending on the size can take updates of 10 seconds.

Fooling me into believing the directory is empty.

4.1Kb... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Oh no wait!! Stop, its actually 58.3Gb.. my bad.

[Ezra Sharp (nicekiwi)]

Presumably this information would be indexed when eOS has a working system search option?

[Julián Unrrein (junrrein)]

Perhaps we could solve this by showing a spinner in the properties window while the size is being calculated?

[Julián Unrrein (junrrein)]

Or just put a label that says "Calculating size..." and then swap that out with the size of the folder when we get that information.