[Possible UI anti-pattern?] Clicking anywhere outside of the upload dialog discards the uploading process

[nikp123]

Hi, not sure if this is a preference or a configuration issue, but the default behavior seems wrong.

Whenever I start uploading something large that may take a few minutes or hours, I often find myself discarding/cancelling the uploading process by accident by clicking anywhere around the upload dialog. Not sure if it actually discards the upload or it just hides it.

But in any case, this behavior seems wrong and counter intuitive for someone used to other cloud file management software.

Clicking anywhere outside the inner red circle will cause the upload process to be abruptly cancelled.

[ronuall53]

Right click in the blank space, select upload and you will see the uploading process... its don't stop but just hides.

[gtsteffaniak]

yes they keep going... as long as you don't navigate too much

[gtsteffaniak]

I think this is a good point, there should be some navigation guard.

The upload could definitely stop, depending on what you do after closign the prompt. So, I think the best thing is to have a guard against closing the prompt, and closing the prompt should cancel uploads (which it currently does not do).

I created #1419 to implement this.