Files brainstorming ideas (Contributor week 2025)
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0. Needs triage
enhancement
- Dominant language
- PHP
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Description
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- Link sharing optimization (internal/external, incl. Talk shares) 8️⃣
- Homepage view for Files (quick actions). Full screen with sidebar and option to disable homepage view 7️⃣
- UI/UX of video player. Optimize seeking and fix -> jump in next files when clicking right arrow 4️⃣
- Improve smart search by giving access to metadata 4️⃣
- Optimize Talk folder. Performance issues - Shares have a lot of metadata 3️⃣
- Add comments on media files 3️⃣
- Support viewing cad files and commenting on them 2️⃣
- Improve file view in Teams 1️⃣
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
No files, tests, or entry points are named; the issue is a brainstorm containing eight separate Files-related ideas. Start by selecting one item and confirming its scope and implementation area with maintainers; done criteria would need to be agreed for that specific feature before work begins.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- full-stack
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100