[dolphin] [Bug 477187] Option to disable calculating the size and number of items in child directories

[random011]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=477187

--- Comment #4 from random011 <hishtnik011 at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Joe from comment #3)
> (In reply to random011 from comment #0)
> Same issue here. When navigating -nearby- directories with thousands of
> files, my dolphin will lock up entirely until it is able to scan through all
> of them. Granted, this happens while accessing a remote directory mounted
> using sshfs-fuse. But even still, when testing with PCManFM and Thunar,
> theyhave no loading or performance issues with navigating around the same
> folders.
> It would be great if we had a way to disable the scanning behavior or
> perhaps manually initiate/omit specific folders.  The existing functionality
> works fine as long as there are not a crazy amount of files in nearby
> directories. Perhaps an adjustable limit to how many files it tries to scan
> before giving up?

Personally I prefer to be able to stop it all together. I love how in Thunar
the view mode, and everything else is global. Things like per-folder view
preferences or other settings on a per-folder basis cause a messy config file
in the long run and confusion.

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