Help users know that a preview is loading on the file page
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Feature: File Upload & Handling
Type: Suggestion
User Role: Guest
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Description
Breaking this off from https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/issues/6604
Users can not tell when a preview is loading on the file page – there is no feedback on the page. This happens when there are larger files, such as https://dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?fileId=4491714&version=1.0
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the loading behavior on the linked file page, especially with the larger example file, and review the screenshot for the missing feedback. Done means users can visibly tell that the preview is loading until it is ready; the issue does not name a source file or test to run.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100