Feature: Add relative size bars in folders

[DareDevil2000]

What feature or improvement do you think would benefit Files?

Can we have the file/folder size visual representation like this ?

Requirements

Mentioned above

Files Version

3.4.1.0

Windows Version

10.0.19045.4412

Comments

No response

[Josh65-2201]

Thanks for the feedback, In future please make separate requests for different feedback. We're tracking the first in #8366 . You can check there or click subscribe in the right sidebar for updates.

[manioxx]

keep giving suggestions bro it improves the code

[0x5bfa]

We could add a bar with accent color you choose in Windows Settings, but using different colors might not be an option to think.

• What you think you want change color based on(for example 25%/50% of the largest file in the folder, like 25%/25% or of the largest file in the whole drive)?
• what colors you think you want to use?
• If there’s an existing program that supports this, let us know.

[yaira2]

What is the size relative to, the parent drive?

[mdtauk]

I would assume the Parent Folder - I don't think it would make sense back to the drive, as the bar lengths would not correspond to something tangible.

By that I mean, if you add all the bars together, it totals 100% of the total bar width

[DareDevil2000]

I was referring similar features to this utility : https://windirstat.net/ or https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free

[mdtauk]

I was referring similar features to this utility : https://windirstat.net/ or https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free

So they are not relative to the parent folder, but the parent drive.

For a big drive, with small files, these bars may be too small to render.

[yaira2]

I was referring similar features to this utility : https://windirstat.net/ or https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free

These apps work well with size bars because they display the entire folder tree in a single view, whereas Files does not. While we are exploring a Tree View feature where this functionality could fit, it's unclear if it will make sense to implement for the existing layouts.

Also relevant to #6091