GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 322891
Trash applet menu is confusing.
Last modified: 2005-12-27 14:57:43 UTC
Distribution/Version: Ubuntu Breezy Badger (5.10) When I right click on the trash applet, a context menu appears. The trash applet is on the bottom panel, and the first menu items from my mouse position are the generic ones that appear for every applet. On that part of the menu is the "- Remove from Menu" item. The "Empty Trash" item appears higher up, farther from the mouse position. Subconciously, when I saw "remove", I clicked it, and the trash applet went away. Did it crash? Was the trash deleted? When it disappears, does that mean the trash got taken out? I suggest that either the applet specific menus be on the end of the menu farther from the panel and perhaps _also_ on a submenu, or, that there be an advertised (balloon and menu shortcut notice) mouse button bound to "Empty Trash". For drag and drop of files, you have "copy", "move", and "link". Perhaps some analog could be used for trash? It's Ok that when I click it a window appears. When that window is open, there should be a quick way to just empty it and at the same time make the window go away; one action to do all that at once. Maybe a "move modifier" click should empty the trash instead of opening a window?
I just discovered that I can click the trash can, and then in the Nautilus window opened on trash:, I can push the key sequence C-a Del C-w to remove all the trash and close the window. That's great, and should be explicitly mentioned in a tip-note in the manual if it's not already.
Not quite sure what the solution is here. Perhaps append the generic items to the top of the menu for applets on the bottom panel. I am going to reassign to libpanel-applet, as it would need to be changed there. Some usability input would be welcome here.
See bug #128226. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 128226 ***