Server: Indicator for tagged files in list

[hajika]

It looks like there is no hint or any sign, when a file has tags or comments. You first have to open the details page to check if there is something. It would much more useful, if an icon or anything else would indicate that there are (unread?) comments available for a specific file,

The same is for tags, it could be useful to have an optional column for them (thats maybe a new issue..?)

[LukasReschke]

cc @nextcloud/designers

[skjnldsv]

It would be a great addition indeed!

[jancborchardt]

New comments are indicated in the file list by an icon on the respective file.

Yes, we could also add the tags a file has been tagged with if it has any:

• right next of the filename, like Gmail
• clicking the tag shows all files with this tag

cc @schiessle @blizzz @nextcloud/javascript

[hajika]

New comments are indicated in the file list by an icon on the respective file.

true! I didnt notice it before, thats what I intended originally

It might be seen better, when the icon is not grey like the other ones but in a more attentive color.

[jancborchardt]

True, we could experiment with making it full opacity. Want to contribute that as a pull request @hajika?

[hajika]

I tried it with full opacity, Iam not fully convinced by the effect. And unfortunately css fill did not work on the <img> tag. Couldn't figure out yet why not.

[rasos]

Could we even have the Details view open by default, or at least a config option to show the Details by default with Comments at all users? I find the Details view with Tags, Comments or photos with an immediate preview and the Metadata extremely useful- why should we always need to click on the three dots first (which are not very intuitive for e.g. leaving a comment).

[jancborchardt]

@rasos this is a separate discussion, please open a new issue. :)

We are talking about showing the sidebar by default on big screens: https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/7138

[skjnldsv]

@jancborchardt
And how many tags should we display?
I don't think this is a good idea to use a popover if someone wanted to implement that. :)

[hajika]

... to use a popover ...

I would prefer something in that direction, having always the all tags close to the filename would make it very unattractive and unclear. But only a popover for individual files would could make it a bit fiddly. I would like to have the option to show/hide tags for all files.
But I'am not sure how that could be achieved in the best way, because making a switch link just for that single feature is a bit overblown.

[hajika]

right next of the filename, like Gmail

@jancborchardt can you post a screenshot of that? Yes, I confess, I dont have a Gmail Account :)

[skjnldsv]

I think I would go for like 2/3 tags and a '+' button if enough space and just an empty tag icon if not enough space.

[jancborchardt]

@hajika I don't have Gmail either, check DuckDuckGo image search. ;)

@skjnldsv yup, let's say max 3 tags, and ellipsize them. I wouldn't add an interactive "+" though.

[hajika]

I'am afraid that it is going to look like this

[jancborchardt]

Well, it is going to be similar of course. However:

• with a limit of 2/3 tags though as mentioned
• and minus the color, or only colored border-radius, or a colored circle left of the text

[disaster123]

+1 for this

[ghost]

Looking forward to this new feature implemented.

[jancborchardt]

@disaster123 @sergio-salas please use Github's built-in function to add a +1 reaction to the issue or a comment. Additional comments do not help and just notify everyone. ;)

[disaster123]

Any chance that this will happen? More and more people use tags instead of folders.

[jancborchardt]

More and more people use tags instead of folders.

We don’t really see this. Can you recommend some user research?

Any chance that this will happen?

For anyone who wants to encourage someone to work on this, please 💸 donate to the bounty on this issue!

[disaster123]

No i don't have any research but look at all those duplicates of this request or at https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/4699 - there is a lot of noice regarding this topic. Or look at https://www.nayuki.io/page/designing-better-file-organization-around-tags-not-hierarchies

Also GMail, Outlook, Evernote and others have switched to or offer tag support.

[disaster123]

https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/6778 is more important to me so i donated to this one.

[fredt34]

Regarding #14525 : I suggest displaying the tags in a tooltip when the mouse hovers the file or link.

[putt1ck]

Tag visibility is useful for workflows - and helps show new user that tags exist as a thing

[Fmstrat]

Hi all, in the issue linked just above this comment, I've been proposing the idea of using the existing tags schema to handle note categories. I wanted to add a specific screenshot from that discussion here as it may be a way to not over-clutter the file list, too. The idea is that instead of "Tags" in the left nav taking a user to a "search by tag" page, tags are listed in the left nav and clicking them acts as a filter for the current display: