GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 702781
Confusing delete collection method
Last modified: 2021-07-05 11:31:26 UTC
Created attachment 247393 [details] Collection delete icon Problem: How to remove a collection? Solution: 1. Select the collection 2. Press the bin on dynamic menu bar Issue: This method is not clear at all if it deletes the collection, or also the files inside. Okay, the files still exists out of categories (which is another bug as I don't know if I have put them in a collection or not), but the process is quite confusing. I realized how it works only after I tried it.
The help covers that deleting collections does not delete documents inside it. Is that sufficient? Otherwise, the only other thing I can think of is a warning dialog of some sort, but I don't think that's necessary.
I am not fan of opening the help for such simple task, but I would prefer a separate "Delete Documents" help section. In "Make collections of documents" There is a note: "Click the Trash button in the button bar. The collection will be deleted, leaving the original documents." In "Selective Documents" There is a note: "Delete (trash icon): delete one or more collections" Maybe this is a bit confusing again. Aside of this, GNOME Documents 3.12 doesn't have any "Trash Icon", just a "Delete", text button. > Otherwise, the only other thing I can think of is a warning dialog of some sort, That would be actually great, as long as you can have a "don't show this again" check box.
(In reply to comment #0) > Issue: This method is not clear at all if it deletes the collection, or also > the files inside. > > Okay, the files still exists out of categories (which is another bug as I > don't know if I have put them in a collection or not), but the process is quite > confusing. I realized how it works only after I tried it. Looks there are two issues here: 1) It is not clear if deleting a collection removes the items inside it or not. 2) It is hard to find out if an item has already been put inside a collection by looking at the overview.
I can't think of any other actions you could perform on a collection other than remove or properties, so maybe there would be room in the action bar to have a hint. [ Remove Collection ] (Documents will not be deleted.) [ Properties ]
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