Nautilus: too easy to move files/folders to Trash (single key press of "Delete")
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ayatana Design |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Nautilus |
Won't Fix
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Wishlist
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nautilus (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
SUMMARY
If a file or a folder is selected in Nautilus and you accidentally 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 )
In comment #39, Holger Berndt notes that the present behaviour is intention. Moving an item to the Trash is a revertible action, whereas emptying the Trash is not revertible.
However, this can be very annoying and dangerous bug to a common user - a user may have pressed "Delete" to move very important data to the Trash, and then, without realising the previous action have cleaned the Trash, so permanently loosing that information despite there being a two-step (and partially revertible) process.
NOTES
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 and up
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
In comment #38, David Siegel notes that the options would be ripe for some proper user testing research and design.
a. In comment #92 Matthew Paul Thomas notes that a better solution to the problem of it being too easy to delete (move to Trash) files/folders with a single keypress would be to change the keypress to be a combo. For example the combo could be Ctrl-Delete.
b. In comment #107 (and also earlier in the thread), Giorgio Gilestro supplies a patch to add another configuration key ('/apps/
c. In comment #28 Wouter Stomp, notes that applications (such as Gmail) allow the operation, but notify the user with a "yellow box" at the top and an "undo"/"cancel" option.
d. Perhaps you have another possible solution, that deals with the core problem without impeding the workflow of others.
Changed in nautilus: | |
status: | Unknown → Unconfirmed |
Changed in nautilus: | |
assignee: | nobody → desktop-bugs |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
Changed in nautilus: | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in nautilus: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in nautilus: | |
status: | Confirmed → Won't Fix |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
summary: |
- Delete file in Nautlus - no warning + Add confirmation dialog before deleting files in Nautilus |
summary: |
- Add confirmation dialog before deleting files in Nautilus + Add an option to get a confirmation dialog before deleting files in + Nautilus |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
milestone: | round-7 → none |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Invalid |
Changed in nautilus: | |
importance: | Unknown → Wishlist |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
importance: | High → Low |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
importance: | Low → Wishlist |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- Add an option to get a confirmation dialog before sending files to the - trash in Nautilus + Nautilus: too easy to move files/folders to Trash (single key press of + "Delete") |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: needs-design |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
no longer affects: | hundredpapercuts |
There is a discussion in gnome.org about this issue.
I'm personally in favour of not asking confirmation but warning the user (for instance through the status bar message).