GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 156915
C^t for file deletion is scary
Last modified: 2008-07-10 01:50:08 UTC
Please describe the problem: Yesterday I repeatedly deleted a complete folder by accident because I wanted to open a new tab in Epiphany using C^t, but the focus was on the desktop. Scary. Steps to reproduce: 1. Press C^t 2. Note that your precious files are moved into the not-so-precious trash can. Because if you don't, say goodbye to your files. Actual results: You destroy your very own files. Expected results: Please remap file deletion to another key. (Isn't that the "Delete" key already?) Does this happen every time? Absolutely. Other information:
Thanks for this report. This bug will be closed as invalid because "Ctrl+T" doesn't delete, rather it moves to Trash. This operation is reversible. (resolution confirmed by interatom)
I am not sure whether this is really to be considered reversible. After all, it's only reversible if you notice what happened. I /have/ lost data due to this. I still think this is serious.
*** Bug 474222 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Yes, it's reversible, but C^t have been always there for opening a new tab, not deleting/moving files. Keep that in mind.
*** Bug 528631 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This isn't easily reversible (there's no undo, and you can't sort the trash by most-recently-put-into) so unless you know exactly what you've just accidentally deleted that random file or folder that used to be on your desktop is as close to gone as can be without being erased. It's also not changeable; this might be grounds for another bug, but as far as I can tell from my experiments on and up-to-date ubuntu gutsy, the workaround of modifying the control-t shortcut doesn't work either, or at least doesn't persist across session restarts. I would very much like this to be fixed - the delete key works fine, and the consequences of hitting control-t when no window has focus are dramatic and hard to undo, and it might not even be obvious for a while that anything has happened.
Today, I deleted my 4.2GB development projects folder. Took me almost half an hour to restore the entire folder from the Trash (don't ask me why it took so much time, I have no idea). I'm not sure that "reversible" is the best word to describe this :)
Fixed in Trunk: 2008-07-10 Christian Neumair * src/file-manager/fm-directory-view.c: Do not bind CTRL+T to "Move to Trash".