Permissions displayed when several files are selected
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files |
Confirmed
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Medium
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elementary UX | ||
Bug Description
It is not clear which permissions are displayed when several files are selected. What sould it be?
Options (thanks, Shnatsel!, and forgive me if I get something wrong) are:
- Don't show nothing at all or give some message ("several elements selected, we can't display permissions.").
- Display the "lowest common denominator".
- Change the buttons currently used to allow for more states, sort of "write prohibited for all elements" and the like.
- Group files by permission combinations (such as 755 or 644), although this could be a problem with many files.
Don't forget there's a filed bug about changing the label on permissions when the selected file is a directory (bug #1124209), so that has to be considered also: what should we do when selecting files and folders?
| Changed in pantheon-files: | |
| assignee: | nobody → elementary UX Team (elementary-design) |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| Changed in pantheon-files: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
