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Bad usability of "file is locked" message in upload

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#20,223 opened on Mar 29, 2020

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Description

Nextcloud version: (see Nextcloud admin page) 18.0.3

Updated from an older Nextcloud/ownCloud or fresh install: Updated

I uploaded a directory with multiple subdirectories. I received tens of notifications for locked files.

problemWithLockedfiles

The notifications were correct, yet there are three problems:

  1. the notifications were misaligned on the left, you can notice it by looking at the red vertical stripes. So a little bug in the interface

  2. I had to dismiss all the notifications by hand, and I said there were tens of them. I think that a "x files locked" message would be better

  3. I did not have any practical mean to save the list of files with problems for a successive check. A way of saving all the notifications in a file/note/whatever... would allow the user to review easily each problem afterwards

Contributor guide

Research direction
Examine the upload flow and notification system for file locking. Fix the UI misalignment and implement aggregation of multiple lock notifications into a single summary. Add an option to export the list of locked files.
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phpjavascript
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frontendbackend
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Bug
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2
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1-3 hours
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Mostly clear
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GitPHP
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60