Comment 28 for bug 95853

Perhaps we could have one of those yellow message bars that some
applications use, to tell you you deleted a file and providing a
button to cancel it? It is less intrusive and still provides a clue
about what happened and a way to undo it.

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:25 AM, Chris Coulson
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>> Are you serious?! Any other desktop environment (Windows / KDE) asks. This is what the user expects!
>> Feels like riding a sport car without brakes...
>
> That doesn't mean it is correct though. A confirmation dialog for moving
> to trash would be intrusive. The trash is there to cover you in the
> event you accidentally delete a file. If people want a dialog, then we
> should just get rid of the trash entirely, as it would be completely
> redundant.
>
> --
> Delete file in Nautlus - no warning
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95853
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>
> Status in Nautilus: Won't Fix
> Status in “nautilus” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: nautilus
>
> SUMMARY
>
> If a file or a folder is selected in Nautilus and you accidently press Delete button, they are moved to the Trash.
>
> NO warning is issued (even though in Nautilus Preferences "Ask before emptying the Trash or deleting files" is selected )
>
> Very annying and dangerious bug to a common user - I deleted very important data without realising then cleaned the Trash, so lost that information.
>
> NOTES
>
> For example, Konquerer asks you if you want to delete a file or a folder.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Sun Mar 25 11:36:22 2007
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
> Uname: Linux acer 2.6.20-12-generic #2 SMP Wed Mar 21 20:55:46 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
>