rhythmbox remove item from playlist does not work with delete key

[Manuel R. Ciosici]

If items are added to any type of playlist (be it a saved one or the play queue) it is impossible to remove one or multiple items from the list by just selecting them and pressing the 'Delete' key. The remove process involves right clicking on the items and then pressing 'Remove from list'.

I believe that Rhythmbox's behavior might cause confusion to new comers to Ubuntu since all of the media software I've seen on Windows or Mac responds as expected to the 'Delete' key. Even more, the most used media players on Ubuntu (Totem and VLC) react correctly to the 'Delete' key, which makes Rhythmbox the only player breaking the rules.

This issue should be easy to fix since nothing is mapped to the 'Delete' key in Rhythmbox.

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

Is this really needed? If it is, then I will work on fixing this bug.

Marking Affects on rhythmbox package.

[Manuel R. Ciosici (manuelciosici-deactivatedaccount)]

I think the mere fact that it is inconsistent with the other software makes it really be worth a fix. Add to that the fact that pressing 'Delete' to remove an item makes a lot for sense and is a lot more intuitive.

I've seen many newcomers get frustrated at this small quirk.

[Vish (vish)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 43499, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

Bug 43499 is reported upstream too, which has a patch.