Nautilus trashes files with no warning

[Martin Marek]

User can accidentally trash files by hitting Del key, even without noticing it. So far there is no functionality to display a confirmation dialog in such cases.

There have been many user requests in Gnome Bugzilla, but Nautilus developers decided not to implement this. However while the current behavior may be quite dangerous, there should really be an option to confirm file trash operations in Nautilus, probably with some "Don't ask again" check box for advanced users.

I would also consider another optional confirmation of drag-n-drop operations, especially after lot of files accidentally sunk in wrong directories.

[Stefan Hammer (j-4-deactivatedaccount)]

I do not agree with you. I like it, as it is.

Files in the Trash Folder are here to be deleted. You have actively and deliberately moved them there!
In the case, that trashing a file happened accidentally, you can open the Trash Folder and recover it.
Then you will not hit the Del button... I'm sure.

It would interrupt and slow down the workflow, if you get asked "Are you really really sure this time to do...?" the whole time. In other Operating Systems (i do not mention names...) you have to interact 4 times with your computer to delete a file. This is really unnecessary!

[Martin Marek (76house)]

Nobody told this should by the hard-coded behavior. It can be an option the user can enable in Nautilus Preferences. My intention is to offer this functionality to users that will appreciate it (and there are many, as one can see from various forums) without disturbing the others that do not like it. The users themselves have the right to decide what is necessary for them.

My experience is that I have already lost several files (most probably by accidental hitting Del key when doing something else - my office laptop has really crazy kbd layout) and noticed it some weeks later when the trash was already cleaned due to missing space. And I really did not notice the deletion as there is no visual feedback (BTW Does anybody have an idea here? Some animation or visual effect for instance?)

[Ilya Barygin (randomaction)]

Marking as a duplicate of bug 95853, please nominate that for One Hundred Papercuts if you wish.