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Add option to completely disable directory size counting

Nico Kreipke requested to merge nkreipke/dolphin:bug477187 into master

Hi, first small contribution to KDE here.

Dolphin shows the size of directories by listing their contents, which for some users might cause unwanted load on the file system. Depending on the size of the subdirectories in question and how the storage is accessed, this might cause noticeable delays and even freezing.

This commit adds a new option under "View -> Content Display" that enables users to set "Folder size displays:" to "Nothing", completely disabling directory size counting. Directory size counting is still enabled by default.

This is not only important to me personally (as I deal with very large directories on rather slow network shares) but has been requested by other users before (1, 2). With directory size counting disabled, browsing through the shares definitely feels a lot snappier.

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