Public bug reported:
There appears to be no way to see a folder's size; that is, the total
size of all files and folders it contains. This is an extremely useful
and basic feature of a file manager; both Windows and macOS provide it
by default.
For large folders it could take some time to measure its size, but this
is not a big deal; it can be cached periodically, or just take a few
seconds to display after the user views the folder. (The latter is how
macOS handles it, and if even Apple with their very "polish-focused"
approach to design considers this an acceptable hit to UX given the
importance of the feature, I don't see any reason why Linux should avoid
it.)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: nautilus 1:46.2-0ubuntu0.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1-generic 6.11.11
Uname: Linux 6.11.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Apr 23 11:11:34 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-04-16 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20250215)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_nautilus: nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal 3.52.0-1ubuntu2
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble wayland-session
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2108858
Title:
No way to see folder size
Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
There appears to be no way to see a folder's size; that is, the total
size of all files and folders it contains. This is an extremely useful
and basic feature of a file manager; both Windows and macOS provide it
by default.
For large folders it could take some time to measure its size, but
this is not a big deal; it can be cached periodically, or just take a
few seconds to display after the user views the folder. (The latter is
how macOS handles it, and if even Apple with their very "polish-
focused" approach to design considers this an acceptable hit to UX
given the importance of the feature, I don't see any reason why Linux
should avoid it.)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: nautilus 1:46.2-0ubuntu0.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1-generic 6.11.11
Uname: Linux 6.11.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Apr 23 11:11:34 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-04-16 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64
(20250215)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_nautilus: nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal 3.52.0-1ubuntu2
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