Files

To Do

Re-design

  • Sidebar design update
  • What happens when I double click a symlink to .., it moves to the symlink. Expected?
  • What happens when I change the permissions of
  • Creation
  • Removal
  • Cut/Copy and paste behaviour

Copy / Paste

https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-files/issues/467

  • No indication of big copies
  • You can copy things from different directories leading to unexpected UX

Cut / Paste

  • This is a move, what happens with permissions.
  • This is a move, cross filesystem is a copy

Upload

  • Upload as superuser
  • Design tweaks

Rename

  • Make it atomic with renameate2
  • Make it also work on NFS and filesystems who don't support it

Table

Columns

  • Missing tests for sorting on column in view

  • Configuring column visibility

  • Showing permissions

  • Showing filetypes

Permissions

Recursive applying

Show SELinux context

In the sidebar

Show ACL's

  • Needs research
  • Recursive applying

Questions

  • Symlinks when navigating / changing permissions
  • Column visibility
  • Copy / paste can be done everywhere and never forgets
  • Copy / paste indicator