file transferring process - visualization

[HuniBadger]

Dear Folks,

I am using Debian 12 + Gnome.
When I tranfer data from A to B, there is no visualization of the copying process. That's a bit unfamiliar for me since I have never seen an OS, that does not show the process. Is there a way to switch this on?

Thanks for helping!

[sunrat]

Terribly vague question. What are A and B? What application or command are you using for copying?

[HuniBadger]

Oh yes, you are right! Very vague. Sorry.
I wrote it probably this way because its so trivial. I just use the mouse and dragdrop some to data to another folder...

[Uptorn]

Terribly vague question. What are A and B? What application or command are you using for copying?

OP is young enough to have only known the Windows file transfer dialogue from 8 onward, which supplies a realtime visual graph of read/write speed as files are copied. We can probably consider it a "creature comfort" feature.

I do not know of any such dialogue for Gnome. Perhaps there is a Gnome extension that does that?

[pbear]

The File Manager in Gnome is called Nautilus. A quick internet search for nautilus file transfer progress turned up a bunch of hits. Didn't have time to read more, but you might find something useful with a similar search.

FWIW, Nemo (used by Cinnamon) does this as a matter of course. As I recall, so does Thunar (used by XFCE).

[sunrat]

FWIW, Nemo (used by Cinnamon) does this as a matter of course. As I recall, so does Thunar (used by XFCE).

KDE Plasma's file manager Dolphin shows transfers as a moving bar in the panel, and also an icon in the system tray which you can click on for details such as speed and percentage completed.
Of course if you are just moving a small file or two it is almost instant so no point showing anything. Even copying say a 100MB file to an SSD is almost instant on my system.

I have no idea about Gnome, never use it.