GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 762695
No "empty trash" context menu entry for the trashcan in the Nautilus sidebar
Last modified: 2021-06-18 15:33:15 UTC
Created attachment 322403 [details] No empty trash option for the Trashcan Running Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch) 16.04 x64 Nautilus 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu2 In the file manager there are shortcuts to special folders such as Documents, Music and Pictures. There's also a Trashcan shortcut. When right clicking on the trashcan there's no "empty trash" entry to empty the trashcan. It has the same options as the other shortcuts. If I want to empty trash from the file manager I have to enter the trash folder and delete it's content. That has not been the case in earlier Ubuntu releases. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-6.21-generic 4.4.1 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-6-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Feb 23 14:36:14 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-30 (146 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-02-22 (1 days ago) The bug is reported in Launchpad for Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1548977
The issue there is due to a mix of versions of old nautilus and new gtk, with gtk changing its widgets in a non compatible way ... the question is to know if the "empty trash" feature is supposed to be part of the fileselector of if nautilus and the gtk selector are meant to be different in that regard
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