D8227: Show total space in status bar's Free Space widget

[Henrik Fehlauer]

rkflx added a comment.


  While I recognize this implements a wish from bugzilla, I'm not yet convinced this is something Dolphin should add by default, as for a lot of users this might just be clutter and is not "Simple by default, powerful when needed".
  
  I'm wondering what is the root cause for wanting to see this information: Is it because it is not clear on which partition or device the current folder is located? If so, there might be better ways to solve this. I'd suggest to open an new task on Dolphin's workboard (or a bugzilla issue) to brainstorm, even if this patch goes in.
  
  Now for something tangible. In split mode with the default window size, it looks problematic with this patch, but even in normal mode the space bar is just too small in relation to the long text (before vs. after):
  
  | F5428129: split_before.png <https://phabricator.kde.org/F5428129> | F5428132: split_after.png <https://phabricator.kde.org/F5428132> |
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  Ideas:
  
  - show less information if space is constrained (e.g. 3 steps: only space bar, space bar + free, space bar + free + total)
  - use `KSqueezedTextLabel`
  - different width distribution: instead of "zoom slider | space bar+text" do "zoom slider | space bar | space text" (with "|" separating segments of equal width)
  - never show any text by default, on mouse over completely replace space bar with full text
  - add it as a third option to the context menu
  - show it as a tooltip
  
  Ideally all of these ideas could be combined, but this might be too much work for a single patch. However, at least something should be done before this patch goes in.

REPOSITORY
  R318 Dolphin

REVISION DETAIL
  https://phabricator.kde.org/D8227

To: ngraham, #dolphin, #kde_applications, dfaure, elvisangelaccio
Cc: rkflx, markg, #dolphin, spoorun, navarromorales, firef, ngraham, andrebarros, emmanuelp
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