Disabling the Drag of Asset Folders/Assets

[benshrimpton]

We have a client site with over 100,000 assets in numerous folders.

On more than one occasion, an editor has accidentally dragged a folder into another, kicking off a very long re-index process that is UI blocking.

What would happen if another editor makes CRUD updates during this process?

Not to mention to potential for the process to time out, get stuck or die depending on server constraints.

I urge for a solution.

Either better alerting UI in the asset manager eg:

If a move is initiated, a warning that says "you're about to move XXX assets, are you sure you want to do this, it might take a while"

On top of that maybe a Cancel Move after the move has initiated?

Or, a core system config setting that says "DISABLE ASSET MOVING" either for just FOLDERS or ASSETS and FOLDERS?

[piotrpog]

Instead of disabling moving of the folders, there could be a confirmation modal. if a number of assets within a folder exceeds some specific number (like 100), user would just have to confirm folder moving.

[hiasl]

Related to this: #12424

[brandonkelly]

We’ve addressed this for the upcoming 4.15 and 5.7 releases (#16908)

Going forward, any time you move more than 50 assets at a time, or more than 50MB, a confirmation dialog will be presented ensuring you want to proceed.

When moving assets within those limits, the move will happen automatically, and the success notification will include an “Undo” button.

[brandonkelly]

Craft 4.15.0 and 5.7.0 are out with those changes.

[hiasl]

And what about entries in structures? Could you please bring a similar logic to this as well, since it has the same problem. Please see the related issue. Though I would prefer a confirmation starting with the first entry, not only above a certain amount. Thanks

[brandonkelly]

We can still consider it, but it’s not the same as this request, so let’s keep the discussion happening on #12424.