Idea: Improve CONTEXT: WORKSPACE Responsiveness for Large Folders

[mazuralexandru]

Problem:
Selecting large folders in "CONTEXT: WORKSPACE" is slow because the UI (probably) waits to display files until their token counts are calculated.

Suggestion:

1. Display Tree Instantly: Show folder contents immediately upon selection.
2. Async Tokens: Calculate token counts in the background.
3. Placeholder: Show "Calculating..." instead of token counts initially.
4. Disable Send in Chat: Disable the button to add context until token counts for all selected items are finished.

Benefit:
Much faster UI responsiveness for browsing large folders, while ensuring accurate total token counts before adding context.

If you like the idea but don't have time, I can try implementing it and send a pull request.

[robertpiosik]

Hi Mazur,

Show folder contents immediately upon selection.

The vscode api does not allow it, unfortunately. You have to use chevron on the left side to toggle with a single click, or double click anywhere. Is opening like this slow at your end?

[robertpiosik]

I'm testing now with large codebase (typescript repo) and what I can see it loads slowly only initially, as all files have to be counted. We could show some dialog when it takes longer than 5 seconds or something to break the suspense, hmm.

[robertpiosik]

@mazuralexandru, just letting you know 1.0.411 should have it fixed ⚡️