Folder Permissions are unclear [$15]

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff]

Currently folders have the same permission labels as files do. This does not reflect what permissions really govern and "execute" permission makes no sense at all.

The permission to "read" a folder is actually a permission to *list* files in it, and the permission to "execute" a folder is the permission to *access* its contents. The labels should be changed to reflect this.

[Julián Unrrein (junrrein)]

So, the "read" buttons should be "list contents"?
"Execute" should be "access" or "read"?

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

Yes, "read" would be something along the lines of "list files" and "execute" would be "read files" or "access files" the like.

[Cody Garver (codygarver)]

Bounty: https://www.bountysource.com/issues/967896-permission-labels-for-folders-make-no-sense

[Danielle Foré (danrabbit)]

Here's a mockup depicting permissions using a combobox instead. I think this makes it much more clear what exactly has been selected and we can change the copy to whatever makes the most sense.

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

@Shnatsel: What about selections containing both files and folders? What should appear for these ones, as "Read and write" applies for files, and "list files"/"read files"/"access files" applies for folders?

[Claire Charron (undeterminant-deactivatedaccount)]

I think that the grid layout should be kept, although the labels should perhaps be made more intuitive. Also, it's a bit difficult to determine whether they're on or off from the colours of the buttons.

[Diego Islas Ocampo (hyuchia)]

Hi, I'm trying to fix this, but need some advice, I've currently made the permissions on Folders display as List, Modify and Access but would like to know if those are ok and also, wondering if it would be better to have some kind of struct to know if the file is a directory or not instead of checking just the goffile.is_directory property which I'm currently doing.