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Path bar flickers when changing folders #1062

Open alice-mkh opened 4 years ago

alice-mkh commented 4 years ago

See https://github.com/elementary/files/pull/1061#issuecomment-539094011

Peek 2019-10-07 21-11

When changing a folder, path bar flickers a bit. It's caused by the fact it's set to insensitive while the next folder loads. It makes sense when the folder is remote, but the loading usually happens fast enough on local locations to last just a couple frames.

alice-mkh commented 4 years ago

I wonder if path bar needs to be insensitive at all in this case. Back and forward buttons still work just fine, so changing folders while loading works. Also, file chooser dialog and Nautilus don't do it. :)

jeremypw commented 4 years ago

Local folders can be slow to load and display if they contain 10000's of files so we would need to test the proposed change carefully. It may be possible to make the pathbar unreactive without changing its appearance.

alice-mkh commented 4 years ago

Sure, I just wonder if it needs to be insensitive at all, with or without appearance change. Because otherwise you also need to disable back/forward buttons and sidebar, since you can use them for changing location as well.