Nautilus - missing file transfer progress window

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Using fresh install Zorin 17.3 Core.
Been a hardcore Windoze tech guy for 35 years, thought I'd give the Linux Zorin experience a try.

Is there a way to enable a file transfer progress dialog as Win10 has by default, I find it unnerving without one and lacking in essential user feedback.

Cheers
Lea

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Not at this time, no. Nautilus does have an progress indicator but it rather subtle:

https://imgur.com/a/u8KhIdm

This is another feature that has long been requested and will be addressed in later version of the GNOME desktop environment, implemented with Zorin OS 18. This is preview of how that'd look like roughly:

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In the top bar of the file manager, a small pie chart appears to show the progress of copying operations. You can click on it to see the details.

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Correct. It is small and can be overlooked. It should appear on both source and destination folder windows during transfer. The icon is similar to the file download progress indicator on firefox, a small circular (pie-chart) indicator.

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Thanks.

Tbh looks like the absolute basics when compared to Win10, but better than nothing. I tried a large file numbers copy and it took 5 or so minutes and should have completed in 30 seconds, so I had no idea if it was stuck, asking a question in a pop-up I couldn't see (there are real issues with notification handling, I'll post about in another thread too), or if it had failed. Eventually I received a 'complete' message but I was left in the dark. File transfer is so important, the user must be kept notified. Win10 implemented this for similar reasons I suspect.

Again, looking forward to Zorin 18

Cheers
Lea

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I missed that, many thanks, useful.

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This is one thing I appreciate about using Zorin OS Lite - a dedicated popover window with a Progress Bar during transfers.

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That is strange, since Nautilus does have a prominent progress bar that triggers (or used to, anyway) when the transfer takes longer than a few minutes. As per this post, for reference:

It should also trigger the prompt when the transfer takes place between different drives.

But, in any case, Zorin OS 18 will come with many of these improvements. Progress is slow in many of these regards compared to a multi-trillion company, but it's there.

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This disconcerted me too initially, and even recently. In fact I only noticed the little pie thing after almost smashing my laptop to smithereens (only joking) when no dialog window presented itself for the twentieth time or so.

It is one of those things we explorers just have to get to grips with I suppose. I have to say I used to prefer Thunar as a file manager, there were so many useful extensions I could install to do everything I wanted. I like Nautilus better now tho lol.

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Thanks to all for your kind advice and tips.

I'll look out for the pie chart whilst awaiting Zorin 18

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