Refresh list after "delete 50 files"

[alexbayleaf]

What happens:

1. I filter and get a large result set, say 200 files
2. I click "DELETE 50 FILES" to delete the first 50
3. The result set (main area of screen) is now blank
4. I re-apply the filter to see the remaining 150 files

What I'd like to happen: at point 3, the result set automatically shows the remaining 150 files, allowing me to delete the next 50 with one click.

[drewminns]

Hey there. Stoked you're using it. A lot of the UX is the result of what Slack allows to users to do with their API. That includes rate limiting requests and only providing certain information.

I recommend giving the api and codebase a quick look to understand why the decisions were made. Or better yet, poke Slack and tell them to make more info available for devs! https://api.slack.com/methods :)

[alexbayleaf]

Hmmm so you're on Web API Tier 1 I presume (free?) ... and re-sending the request automatically would make it too easy for someone to just pound on the "delete 50" button and exceed the rate limit. Got it.

Might be a bit fiddly, but I'm wondering whether it'd be possible to, like, do a wait(60) (yes I know JS doesn't have wait function, you know what I mean) with a spinning icon and maybe a message like "Refreshing list in N seconds to obey Slack's rate limits" ... at least saving the user from having to re-do the filter and letting them know why it is the way it is.

I mean this is heading deep into "it would be nice if..." land, at least if I know the reason is APi rate limiting I can shrug and deal with it ;)