ownCloud Right Side File / Folder Details

[MTRichards]

As a user, I want details about file and folder options to show on the right side of the screen when I mouse over a file or folder so that I can set comments, tags, see file details and make and remove sharing options.

Acceptance Criteria:

• Essentially providing a construct to use the right side real estate on the files view
• Details would include full File name, the ownCloud owner (share owner or this user if not shared with this user), create time, last modified time, type (mimetype), Size
• Comments would be a linear oldest to newest
• Each of the categories of additional info (details, comments, tags, sharing) would be via a twisty of some kind so that the selected feature could use more of the real estate than the rest as per the user's decision. By default, file sharing is opened, and all details of a selected file or folder are shown.

Could look something like this (help!):

@jancborchardt I know you have some thoughts here, can you help with a rough design?

[MorrisJobke]

Redesign sharing dialog: #3224

[jancborchardt]

First work-in-progress of a sidebar: #16414

[jancborchardt]

Rough mockup:

(source in the design repo)

[schiessle]

Just a idea I had while looking at the mockup: Should the sidebar also handle versions. For consistency reasons I think this could be a good idea. Opinions?

[MTRichards]

yes I think it should.

[jancborchardt]

@schiesbn yes it should be – ideally inside the Activity tab because version are also chronological information. As you see the top entry »Updated by you minutes ago« would create a new version. And it would be possible to restore that from there.

[schiessle]

@jancborchardt makes sense. Although this could conflict with the current way our expire algorithm works, we don't only expire the oldest versions but also versions in between. So not all update activities will have a version attached which could be quite irritating from a user point of view.

Another thought: At some point the activity tab probably needs a way to filter for comments, changes, etc. to make it easier to get an overview and to focus on the information you are looking for.