In folder properties, indicate if contents are still being counted

[mvglasow]

When opening the properties for a large folder, I would like to see an indication that counting is still in progress if this is the case. For example:

Contents: 369,426 items, totalling 42.8 GB (48 GB on disk), still counting
– objects are still being counted, numbers may change

Contents: 729,088 items, totalling 86.1 GB (96 GB on disk)
– all objects currently present in that folder have been counted, numbers are stable unless folder contents change

Expected behaviour

When opening properties for a folder with a lot of data (and possibly residing on a remote system with a slow network connection), the Contents field indicates that contents are still being counted and the numbers displayed are still expected to change.

Actual behaviour

No indication if the count of items and their combined size is final or just “what’s been counted so far”. When the folder is on a remote system (possibly with a slow network connection), the values may remain unchanged for a while, and just when I think the final count has been reached, they go up again.

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

Right-click a folder with a large structure underneath in Caja and choose Properties. On the Basic tab, observe values displayed next to Contents. For best effects, folder contents should be upwards of 100,000 objects and 100 GBytes of data, accessed over a 100 Mbit network connection (or slower).

MATE general version

1.26.0

Package version

caja-common: 1.26.0-1ubuntu1

Linux Distribution

Ubuntu MATE 22.04, all updates applied as of today

Link to bugreport of your Distribution (requirement)

This is a feature request. Please let me know if you still need a bug report against the distro and I will create one.