Storage: select several items at once #41

New Issue

2026-10-06T05:34:10Z

twisla commented

2026-10-06 05:34:10 +00:00

Idea

In the Storage App, mark several files and folders, then copy, move or delete them together.

Why

The first version works on one item at a time (F1, Q131). Clearing out a folder of old Tracks or Captures one by one is tedious; Storage Clean-up only works by category and age.

What's known

The listing holds up to 256 entries in memory, packed (Q136): a mark is one bit per entry.
The clipboard holds one path today; with several it becomes a list, which costs memory, or a set of marks in one folder, which doesn't.
Copy and delete already run as jobs with progress and cancel (Q133): a batch is the same job over more items.
The confirmation must say what's about to happen: how many items, how many files inside the folders.

Questions

How is an item marked: Space, or a key held with the arrows?
Marks within one folder only, or kept while browsing?
Mark all, and mark by pattern (*.pcap)?
What happens to the rest of a batch when one item fails?

## Idea In the Storage App, mark several files and folders, then copy, move or delete them together. ## Why The first version works on one item at a time (F1, Q131). Clearing out a folder of old Tracks or Captures one by one is tedious; Storage Clean-up only works by category and age. ## What's known - The listing holds up to 256 entries in memory, packed (Q136): a mark is one bit per entry. - The clipboard holds one path today; with several it becomes a list, which costs memory, or a set of marks in one folder, which doesn't. - Copy and delete already run as jobs with progress and cancel (Q133): a batch is the same job over more items. - The confirmation must say what's about to happen: how many items, how many files inside the folders. ## Questions 1. How is an item marked: Space, or a key held with the arrows? 2. Marks within one folder only, or kept while browsing? 3. Mark all, and mark by pattern (`*.pcap`)? 4. What happens to the rest of a batch when one item fails? ## Related `docs/milestones/F1.md` (Q131, Q139), #3.

twisla added this to the F1 Files and Notes milestone 2026-10-06 05:34:10 +00:00

twisla added the

kind

feature

area/apps area/ui area/storage

labels 2026-10-06 05:34:10 +00:00

twisla referenced this issue

2026-10-06 05:34:43 +00:00