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Bug 101261 - SHIFT + Del should delete a file without putting it in the trash
SHIFT + Del should delete a file without putting it in the trash
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
0.x.x [obsolete]
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 136316 337771 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-12-15 12:45 UTC by Paolo Borelli
Modified: 2006-04-09 11:49 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.9/2.10

Attachments
Patch to allow SHIFT+DEL be used independent of the ui option (704 bytes, patch)
2005-11-21 08:59 UTC, Nelson Benitez 		none Details | Review

Description Paolo Borelli 2002-12-15 12:45:42 UTC 
The combination of the keys Shift + Delete should completly delete a file
withot moving it to the trash.
Comment 1 Paolo Borelli 2002-12-15 17:02:55 UTC 
Ok, sorry for the spam... I've seen that there is an option for 
this... on the other hand I'm not closing this bug right now since 
IMHO the keyboard shortcut should be available always, even if one 
choses not to have the delete item in the popup menu.
Consider that right now shift+del (with the option not selected) does 
nothing, does not even put the file in the trash.
After all is not a dangerous shortcut since a confirmation dialog is 
arised anyway.
Comment 2 Mark Finlay 2003-02-03 19:40:53 UTC 
I agree with this. It's useful and I don't see any danger of it 
causing problems.
Comment 3 Matthew Gatto 2004-03-06 00:09:13 UTC 
*** Bug 136316 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Jaap A. Haitsma 2004-12-12 20:04:01 UTC 
I don't think the confirmation dialog will really help. If you hit Shift-del
most people already convinced themselves and just find the confirmation dialog
annoying and then do not bother reading the confirmation dialog and just select OK
Comment 5 Cale Gibbard 2004-12-23 12:15:38 UTC 
One detail which would be really quite nice would be to explicitly unbind
Shift-Del while a user is renaming a file, as it's an easy key combination to
hit while doing certain edits. This is actually pretty critical if you drop the
confirmation dialog.
Comment 6 Nelson Benitez 2005-08-19 17:39:29 UTC 
I also would like to have this feature in, I miss the shortcut to really delete
any file, independent of whether I have the ui option or not...
Comment 7 Nelson Benitez 2005-11-21 08:59:43 UTC 
Created attachment 55015 [details] [review]
Patch to allow SHIFT+DEL be used independent of the ui option
Comment 8 Reinout van Schouwen 2005-11-21 10:03:07 UTC 
May I point out that Shift+Del is the traditional shortcut for Cut on many
platforms that more-or-less follow the IBM Common User Access guidelines?
(Shift+Insert is Paste). This was at least the case on OS/2 and the Windows 9x
series. Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V has become more popular but I wouldn't be surprised if a
lot of people still have these keybindings "hardwired". 

A safer option would therefore be to bind Shift+Del to Cut.
Comment 9 Nelson Benitez 2005-11-21 11:19:23 UTC 
I personally like the current Shift+Del to bypass trash because the same
shortcut is used in windows xp explorer, I'm used to it in windows and would
like to have it in nautilus without having to show the extra menu option. And
this action shows a confirmation dialog so there will be no problem to people
that press it by mistake.
Comment 10 Alexander Larsson 2005-11-24 13:06:33 UTC 
Applied.
Comment 11 Sergej Kotliar 2006-04-09 11:49:34 UTC 
*** Bug 337771 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***