Make it less cumbersome to manage torrent contents in WebUI

[e00E]

Currently the WebUI shows a list of all files in a torrent by putting the folder structure of each file in its name.
This makes it significantly harder to manage the contents (for example change priority of files and folders) because you cannot collapse folders or even sort by name. The list is seemingly shuffled as files in the same folders do not appear together.

It would be perfect to have the same functionality as the real client in that regard.
A probably smaller request coding wise that still provides big perceived improvements would be to at least order the list by folder structure.

[k4n30]

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[chrishirst]

It would be perfect to have the same functionality as the real client in that regard.

Some things are just not possible in a HTTP: context and inbuilt browser security policies preclude them from accessing the local filing system or the server filing systems, even when 'local' and 'server' are the same physical machine.

[e00E]

Im not sure we understand eachother here. Sure you cant have "right click -> open containing folder" but the things I suggested were all about the user interface of the content tab of a torrent.
I dont see a feature that couldnt be implemented. (Just talking theory here, of course this is just a request by me and I dont want to sound like I expect this to be implemented just because of me).

[naikel]

I've been thinking about this lately. Expand/Collapse folders is not an option (or at least is too much work) and I don't think any other client do this. uTorrent doesn't for example. But at least it allows you to sort the columns.

This is pretty easy to implement. I'll take a look at it.

[arfyness]

Yeah I mean, at least sorting by folder structure would be REALLY useful for the webUI. Even if it's limited to an "expand all" sort of view as in the client. There are some hierarchically complex torrents around these days.

Speaking of which, "expand all" would be a great item to see in the context menu for a folder, in the Contents view, in the native client. That functionality is already there, just hit the numpad asterisk and it happens. But some keyboards (mine) don't have a numpad.

EDIT: I see this now works with the * above the 8 now also. Thank you, whoever mapped that :o)