Show the value "Unknown" for the item-count only after it has been verified

During determining the item-count for directories just show an empty string
until either the item-count has been calculated or if the item-count is unknown.

Thanks to Nikita Skovoroda for the initial proof-of-concept patch.

BUG: 291823
FIXED-IN: 4.8.1

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemlistwidget.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemlistwidget.cpp
index 7e28c5d37..d93e434da 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemlistwidget.cpp
@@ -231,11 +231,13 @@ QString KFileItemListWidget::roleText(const QByteArray& role, const QHash<QByteA
         if (values.value("isDir").toBool()) {
             // The item represents a directory. Show the number of sub directories
             // instead of the file size of the directory.
-            if (roleValue.isNull()) {
-                text = i18nc("@item:intable", "Unknown");
-            } else {
-                const KIO::filesize_t size = roleValue.value<KIO::filesize_t>();
-                text = i18ncp("@item:intable", "%1 item", "%1 items", size);
+            if (!roleValue.isNull()) {
+                const int count = roleValue.toInt();
+                if (count < 0) {
+                    text = i18nc("@item:intable", "Unknown");
+                } else {
+                    text = i18ncp("@item:intable", "%1 item", "%1 items", count);
+                }
             }
         } else {
             // Show the size in kilobytes (always round up)