Bug 713230

Summary: delete key does not delete file
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jeremy <jbooker>
Component: nautilusAssignee: Tomáš Bžatek <tbzatek>
Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 15CC: ccecchi, elad, gholms, tbzatek, tsmetana
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Description Jeremy 2011-06-14 18:27:54 UTC 
Description of problem:
Using a fully pathced/updated Fedora 15 install and the Nautilus file manager... When I select/highlight a file using the mouse (single left click), and then press the delete key, nothing happens.

How reproducible: Always.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open nautalis window, browse to a directory with a file.
2. Highlight a file (I used the mouse, keyboard shortcuts probably work too)
3. Press the delete key on the keyboard.
  
Actual results: Nothing.


Expected results: File should be moved to the Trash.
Comment 1 Jeremy 2011-06-14 18:30:52 UTC 
Shift + delete seems to work for permanently deleting a file (skipping the Trash).

I can also right click on a file and select 'move to trash', but that's no substitute for the delete key working.
Comment 2 Elad Alfassa 2011-06-15 06:23:29 UTC 
Not a bug, it's by design.
To prevent users from accidentally deleting files, the keyboard combination has changed to ctrl+delete.



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Comment 3 Jeremy 2011-06-15 13:07:26 UTC 
This is a poor design decision for at least two reasons:

1) The delete key deleting a file is a standard feature of any file browser. When the delete key doesn't work, users (like me) are going to get frustrated. No one knows to use ctrl+delete. It is commonly expected that the delete key will work.

2) There's a trash can. If a file is accidentally deleted, there's a way to get it back. If it's really a problem, bring back the "Are you sure you want to delete these 13 files?" dialog.
Comment 4 Elad Alfassa 2011-06-15 13:15:53 UTC 
Whether or not this is a good design decision should be discussed upstream.
Here's the upstream bug (sorry for not linking it earlier, I couldn't find it when I commented): https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=648658



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Comment 5 Tomáš Bžatek 2011-11-02 10:45:21 UTC 
*** Bug 750670 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***