Better folder preview

[vladstudio]

Right now, when I hit "Show preview" on a folder, it looks like this:

Not very helpful! Do you think it could include:

• calculated size (as requested here )
• maybe even folder listing, so that I could browse folder on one panel, and quickly view their contents on the other panel, similar to this:

Screen.Recording.2024-01-28.at.13.02.58.mp4

[lcerman]

Hello, I could even imagine to display more information than just the calculated size, e.g., something like this:

(this screenshot comes from Altap Salamander - Calculate Occupied Space command)

BTW I still do not fully understand how the preview works, for some file types it displays the preview, but for others it displays nothing (or if the file does not have a file extension at all). Couldn't it display same content as the internal viewer in such cases?

[mikekazakov]

Nimble Commander does not do the previewing by itself, but instead it relies on the system-wide framework QuickLook to present the contents. To be able to show this additional information a separate logic for that needs to be implemented.
There's more info in the F.A.Q.: #136