Sum of selected file size
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Sum of selected file size
It would be nice to have the sum of the selected file size in the status bar.
Re: Sum of selected file size
Does it not do this (for you) already?
Both in total, before clicking any of the results, & then also the sum of individual items selected, once you have selected some of the results.
Both in total, before clicking any of the results, & then also the sum of individual items selected, once you have selected some of the results.
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show_size_in_statusbar=1
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Ah. you are right! It's on the right side of the statusbar (I only checked the left side ..)therube wrote:Does it not do this (for you) already?
Both in total, before clicking any of the results, & then also the sum of individual items selected, once you have selected some of the results.
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show_size_in_statusbar=1
Thanks!
In that case: -1
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Re: Sum of selected file size
Thanks!
I had missed that option.
For those who wonder where it is, it is in the menu Tools, Options, General, View, Show size in status bar.
I had missed that option.
For those who wonder where it is, it is in the menu Tools, Options, General, View, Show size in status bar.
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Re: Sum of selected file size
Just now I realized it is already in the status bar, on the far-right.
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It would be useful to add summation functionality to selected folders.therube wrote:Does it not do this (for you) already?
Both in total, before clicking any of the results, & then also the sum of individual items selected, once you have selected some of the results.
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show_size_in_statusbar=1
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Do you have folder size indexed? (Menu:Tools > Options > Indexes : Enable Index folder sizerudzik23 wrote: It would be useful to add summation functionality to selected folders.
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This option is enabled. The size column displays the size of the folder.NotNull wrote:Do you have folder size indexed? (Menu:Tools > Options > Indexes : Enable Index folder sizerudzik23 wrote: It would be useful to add summation functionality to selected folders.
I forced rebuild, but it didn't help.
Re: Sum of selected file size
I completely misunderstood your question!
You were talking about selecting multiple folders and showing the sum of sizes of all the selected folders.
Sorry for sending you in the wrong direction ...
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I see that same behaviour (no sum of folder sizes) and I *think* that is by design:
If you select - for example - the folders c:\test (100MB) and c:\test\subdir (50MB), it will then report a total size of 150MB, whereas it technically is just 100MB. Things get even more "wrong" when you also select a couple of files (like: c:\test\file.txt (25MB)).
I think calculating the actual total size is hard to do and would cost a lot of computing performance, especially when you select thousands of files and folders.
But that's just my theory ...
You were talking about selecting multiple folders and showing the sum of sizes of all the selected folders.
Sorry for sending you in the wrong direction ...
Next attempt:
I see that same behaviour (no sum of folder sizes) and I *think* that is by design:
If you select - for example - the folders c:\test (100MB) and c:\test\subdir (50MB), it will then report a total size of 150MB, whereas it technically is just 100MB. Things get even more "wrong" when you also select a couple of files (like: c:\test\file.txt (25MB)).
I think calculating the actual total size is hard to do and would cost a lot of computing performance, especially when you select thousands of files and folders.
But that's just my theory ...
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Yes, I wasNotNull wrote:You were talking about selecting multiple folders and showing the sum of sizes of all the selected folders.
For me, simply adding up is enough.NotNull wrote:If you select - for example - the folders c:\test (100MB) and c:\test\subdir (50MB), it will then report a total size of 150MB, whereas it technically is just 100MB. Things get even more "wrong" when you also select a couple of files (like: c:\test\file.txt (25MB)).
I think calculating the actual total size is hard to do and would cost a lot of computing performance, especially when you select thousands of files and folders.
But that's just my theory ...
Searching for the sum (unique components) for the complexity of the structure of catalogs is not necessary for me.
Simple sum of the size of the catalogs I thought would be useful when I had to add dozens of large numbers.