Filenames displayed in Data Browser should (optionally?) not be munged.
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Description
Originally reported in Gitter at November 26, 2020 10:03 AM
One thing that I, as a user, find disconcerting about the current Data Browser is the way that it displays filenames in a supposedly 'user-friendly' way, where camel-case transitions and underscores are converted to spaces.
I would much rather have the option of filenames being left alone.
- If I create a file via the Data Browser and call it
FooBar.txt, then it is displayed asFoo Bar.txt. - If I create a file called
Foo_Bar.txt, then it is also displayed asFoo Bar.txt. - If I create a file
Foo Bar.txt, it is also displayed asFoo Bar.txt.
This is a mis-feature, I believe, and should be eliminated or disable-able (e.g., when a user has chosen Power User in their Preferences.
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Research direction
Start by locating the Data Browser code that formats filenames for display and trace how files created through the browser are rendered. Clarify whether the intended behavior is to preserve names by default or make the transformation optional, then verify the examples for FooBar.txt, Foo_Bar.txt, and Foo Bar.txt.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100