nextcloud / nextcloud/activity

Activity tab in sidebar doesn’t show activity inside folder

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enhancement feature: sidebar spec
Dominant language
JavaScript
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Description

When I open the details pane of a folder, I want to know the activity of what happened inside it. Currently only creation and sharing is shown (in the future rename). I definitely expect to see all activity of files inside it right there.

@nickvergessen mentioned:

This can only be implemented if the file tree is stored in a different way in the database. We can get a list of files below the folder, but recursively getting all of them and all activities for them is not going to be nice, so this won't happen.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the Activity tab in the folder details pane and how the file tree and activities are represented in the database. The issue notes that recursive retrieval is currently impractical; done would mean showing activity from all files inside a folder, including nested contents, without that limitation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
backend, databases, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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