Added folder previews to the preview pane

[winston-de]

[d2dyno1]

@winston-de
#3639 (comment)

+ Could you also add an option in settings to disable folder previews :)

[winston-de]

@d2dyno1 Yeah, I could add an option to disable them.

Item tiles with names for folder preview would be perfect!

I'm not sure about item names, as my end goal is to achieve something like this:

The current GridView display is more of a rough prototype/proof of concept.

However, this is by no means set in stone, please let me know if you have any feedback and/or suggestions :)

[d2dyno1]

I kinda want filenames to be displayed, but what if they were to be put in tooltips? @winston-de

[yaira2]

Could you also add an option in settings to disable folder previews :)

At the end of the day, I don't an option is necessary here. As long as the preview pane is open, it doesn't hurt to put information there. If the user doesn't want to see a preview, they can already hide the preview pane.

[winston-de]

@d2dyno1
Personally, I would rather have it show just thumbnails, because I generally find thumbnails to be a better representation of what's in the file than it's name.
However, I could easily do both.
Perhaps instead of simply a toggle setting for folder previews, there was a drop-down with:

• Tiles view
• thumbnail view
• none

Would that be a good solution?

Also, did you want to be able to disable folder details, too, or just the preview?

---edit---
@yaichenbaum I just saw your comment now.
What are your thoughts on having an option to change the style of folder previews?

[winston-de]

I don't think having a tile view will work well, as it's slow to load.
As it turns out, StorageFolder has built in thumbnails, so I will just use those for the preview for the time being.