Modal progress dialog
A system and method for modal progress dialog may provide progress feedback to a user when an application accesses or uses system resources on a computing platform. The application may access or use the system resource by invoking an operation via a system interface. Execution of the application may be blocked pending receiving a result of the system resource operation. The progress feedback may be provided by the system interface without the involvement of the application. The progress feedback may include displaying a progress dialog. The progress dialog may be displayed in a window associated with the application. The progress dialog may include a visual indication of a degree of completion of the system resource operation. The progress dialog may mitigate a user misinterpreting delays in completion of the system resource operation as misoperation or failure of the application.
1. A method for modal progress dialog, implement by processor, comprising:
receiving an action request associated with a resource;
processing the action on the resource;
determining when a progress dialog is to be displayed, the determination triggered when a predicted duration of processing the action request exceeds a threshold, where the predicted duration is a function of any one or more of: the action requested, the resource associated with the action requested, a location of the resource, a measured time to execute a portion of the action;
displaying the progress dialog when the determination is triggered; and returning a result of the action request.
2. The method for modal progress dialog of claim 1 , where the action request is received from an application at a system interface.
3. The method for modal progress dialog of claim 2 , where execution of the application is blocked until the result of the action request is received by the application.
4. The method for modal progress dialog of claim 2 , where the progress dialog is displayed in a window associated with the application.
5. The method for modal progress dialog of claim 1 , where the requested action is any of: a file system operation, a network operation and an input/output operation.
6. The method for modal progress dialog of claim 1 , where the progress dialog includes a visual indication of an approximate degree of completion of the processing of the action.
7. The method for modal progress dialog of claim 1 , where the progress dialog includes a control operable by a user to cancel the action requested.
8. The method for modal progress dialog of claim 7 , where the returned result of the action request indicates a failure of the action when the user has operated the control to cancel the action.
9. A system for modal progress dialog comprising:
a processor; and
a memory, coupled to the processor, containing instructions executable by the processor for performing:
receiving an action request associated with a resource;
processing the action on the resource;
determining when a progress dialog is to be displayed, the determination triggered by a predicted duration of processing the action request,
where the predicted duration is a function of any one or more of: the action requested, the resource associated with the action requested, a location of the resource, a measured time to execute a portion of the action;
displaying the progress dialog when the predicted duration of processing the action request exceeds a threshold; and
returning a result of the action request.
10. A system for modal progress dialog comprising:
a system interface to receive an action request associated with a resource;
a resource manager, comprising at least one processor, to process the action on the resource; and
a progress manager, comprising at least one processor, to determine when a progress dialog is to be displayed triggered on a predicted duration of the processing of the action, the predicted duration being a function of the action requested, the resource associated with the action requested, a location of the resource, or a measured time to execute a portion of the action,
where the process manager displays the progress dialog when the determination is triggered by the predicted duration exceeding a threshold.
11. The system for modal progress dialog of claim 10 , where the action request is received at the system interface from an application.
12. The system for modal progress dialog of claim 11 , where execution of the application is blocked until a result of the action request is received by the application.
13. The system for modal progress dialog of claim 11 , where the progress dialog is displayed in a window associated with the application.
14. The system for modal progress dialog of claim 13 , where the progress dialog includes a visual indication of an approximate degree of completion of the processing of the action.
15. The system for modal progress dialog of claim 10 , where the requested action is any of: a file system operation, a network operation and an input/output operation.
16. The system for modal progress dialog of claim 10 , where the progress dialog includes a control operable by a user to cancel the action requested.
17. The system for modal progress dialog of claim 10 , where the returned result of the action request indicates a failure of the action when the user has operated the control to cancel the action.