Hard to see file names in file listing in webui

[gennaios]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

As is, from the number of columns displayed, there is only so much space for the file name such that maybe around 20 characters are shown. I have numerous files where name could be 50–100+ characters.

Describe the solution you'd like

Perhaps something closer to how file listings are done in a more typical file manager, with some columns optional, or using some other way such as icons grouped together under some metadata column, or more button, or something. I think file name perhaps could take up 50% to 2/3’s or so of the panel width, with then optional columns date modified, date created, and other. Maybe current icons towards the right are better placed under the more button/menu.

Additional context

[micbar]

@gennaios Thank you for your feedback!

@kulmann @tbsbdr Transfer to web repo?

[kulmann]

@micbar yep 👍🏻

@gennaios we thought about making the column model configurable instead of a one-fits-all approach. Would that work for you? #6141

[tbsbdr]

just for comparison if we'd want to stick with the auto-size approach: google drive solved it quite well (i like it):

Auto-columns in google drive

Name-Column always has precedence:

screenshot_000599.mp4

Web UI currently

screenshot_000598.mp4

[gennaios]

Having configurable columns is an option but I'm not sure if that is best.

Perhaps such is a good time to rethink what one should be able to do from the web. Comparing various UIs such as Dropbox, or other table interfaces such as web mail:

Some prioritize name/title and hardly anything else. Dropbox on phones adapts as such where only appears a checkbox, file name, and an action button.

Other UIs show a date column or sometimes each table row representing one file is two rows with file name and then date modified or other below. I think Dropbox mobile app is as such.

Maybe checkbox, file name, date modified, and one action button is the minimum to show (on larger screens), with date modified not shown on smaller screens such as mobile phones? Other UI elements currently shown in the file list such as rename either already are in or could be moved to the action menu. I'm just concerned with showing what is more essential and having such adapt to various screens.

On multiple select, Dropbox also offers move and share. That too seems useful.

[tbsbdr]

cc @lookacat