Different icons in SFTP for symlinks (and related ideas)

[drmrbrewer]

If a file or folder is actually a symlink, it would be great if a different folder icon could be used to make it clear... something like this just as an example:

And IMHO it would be better not to show the full (linked) path in the folder name itself, and maybe include that info in a "properties" popup on long-press... otherwise it adds visual clutter.

Similar for symlinked files... a different icon to make it more clear that the file is a symlink to a file, not the file itself... something like:

And for symlinked files, in the file listing IMHO it would be better to see the size of the linked file (e.g. 1.11 GB), not of the link itself (e.g. 42 B), i.e. to make it appear more like it is an actual file (i.e. if you open it, you will open the 1.11 GB file, not the 42 B symlink). Again, better not to show the full (linked) path in the file name itself, but more info about the actual symlink in a "properties" popup.

This is partly because in some of my filenames are very long, so I can't see the symlink arrow icon in the file/folder name unless I turn the screen to landscape (and I wouldn't normally want to do that), so it's not apparent which are symlinks and which are not.

[isontheline]

Thank you so much @drmrbrewer for your feedback 🙏

I'm opening an issue with the content of your discussion : #820