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[Philipp Noack <philipp.noack@xxxxxx>]

I don't understand whats the problem with giving users the choice of
letting nautilus prompt before moving files to trash. It could also be
disabled by default but we should be able to choose!

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Title:
  Nautilus: too easy to move files/folders to Trash (single key press of
  "Delete")

Status in Ayatana Design:
  New
Status in Nautilus:
  Won't Fix
Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

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/nautilus/preferences/confirm_delete') and accompanying user
  interface components to make single key deletion require a dialogue
  box pass-through.  Some other environments, such as Konquerer, ask the
  user if they want to delete a file or a folder.

  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.

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