ArchiveWidget restore files -> only certain ones

[gperciva]

ArchiveWidget

• right-click, select "Restore files(s)"
• the RestoreDialog says "Restore archive xyz contents to original locations..." and does not clarify that only the select file(s) will be restored.

I can tackle this in the next few days, but I thought I should record the problem.

[shinnok]

Do you have something stashed for this? I'm about to pick on it and I don't want to duplicate efforts. :-)

[gperciva]

Hmm, apparently not. That was around the time that I did a lot of work on the scrypt testing and debian packaging, so I guess this one slipped my mind.

[gperciva]

Looks great for restoring a specific file, thanks!

However, if I'm trying to restore an archive and the GUI hasn't loaded the full file list, it displays nothing in the box. In the "Archives" screen, I need to:

1. click on the "i" to load the file list.
2. click on the "restore this" icon.

This applies to archives created within the GUI, in addition to archives created from the command-line.

[gperciva]

Update: it looks like if I load the file list, then quit the app and re-start it, it has the file list cached.

#152 proposes one way to address this: if we don't have the archive contents, don't display the file list box. This should only affect restoring a whole archive.

An alternative solution would be to wait until the file list is loaded before allowing us to restore an archive, but that would added a delay, which would degrade the user experience during this interactive operation. Particularly for users with huge archives (#149 (comment): 500,000 files?! wow!).