Ipfs-webui: Pinning integration: Solve for "pins" item in File screen info bar

[jessicaschilling]

_Note: This issue is part of a larger pinning service integration epic undertaken spring/summer 2020._

In brief

Once pinning services are better integrated into Web UI, the "pins" item in the File screen info bar will benefit considerably from refining — either adding additional explanatory context, or repurposing altogether.

• [x] Discuss best-case UX for this info bar once pinning services have been added
• [x] Determine functional requirements
• [x] Draw up, discuss and agree upon UI instantiation
• [ ] Implement as a PR to close this issue, or if it's a substantial enough effort, open and resolve a new issue for implementation

This isn't critical work for MVP release, but is high on a nice-to-have list.

[jessicaschilling]

@lidel -- I assume there isn't any reasonably efficient way to actually display the file/folder _names_ in the Pins screen that appears when someone clicks that "pins" link?

If there isn't, I wonder if as first step we actually just remove that link entirely (still displaying the number of pins, just removing the link). If Web UI/Desktop is effectively acting as a file browser in the Files screen (and the similar Pins screen), withholding the name of the files removes what's really the primary use case.

[lidel]

I assume there isn't any reasonably efficient way to actually display the file/folder names in the Pins screen that appears when someone clicks that "pins" link?

No way atm. We dont store any labels/names within current pinning API in go-ipfs.
(The "new pinning service API" _may_ include additional metadata, including filenames, but it does not exist in go-ipfs yet)

• I'd vote for removing "pins" item from info bar (we can reconsider when/if a better API for managing pins lands in go-ipfs)
• (optional/nice to haves) tweak the info bar to show stats about current directory, making it more useful
  
  
  
  • make it clear stats are about current directory (size, file/dir count)
  
  
  • when I am in root, it shows size of all files
  
  
  • if i open a subdir, it shows how big current dir is (+perhaps what party of total storage it takes?)
  
  

[jessicaschilling]

Like so? (Current is on top, idea for viewing a subdirectory is on bottom.)

Note two things:

• "Files" here isn't clickable; user can get there from breadcrumbs that already live directly to the left, and there doesn't seem to be much point in just offering a link to top-level directory anyway
• We'd have to decide if we wanted to keep the "XGB/YGB" visual dichotomy for the top level, or just get rid of everything after the slash for that highest level directory. (Pros to keeping it: consistency; cons: repetition.)

[jessicaschilling]

Per conversation with @rafaelramalho19 and @lidel:

• Remove middle "blocks" area
• Rename "repo" to "all blocks"
• For top-level directory, keep the smaller gray text "/xxxMB"

Like so:

@rafaelramalho19, please let me know if you need anything else from me -- note that the subtitles ("files", "all files") are slightly smaller in this version than existing (2px smaller) and the same size text as the gray "/xxxMB" text.