[Digikam-devel] [Bug 126874] digikam does not support <shift+del>

[Thorsten Schnebeck]

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------- Additional Comments From thorsten.schnebeck gmx net  2006-08-13 00:29 -------
(new weekend - new time for some tests)

so, I was able to apply the patch, which BTW in the meantime with one rej out of sync to SVN-trunk.
The patch gives me the same dialog for "move to trash" and "delete". There is one option allowing to switch visually between both modes with a simple mouse click.

So now, how do I comment this patch... I want to remark that I help some users that are "real users only". They dont know anything deeper about computer but they know how to work with their apps. I stipped down all advanced features and till now they like to use digikam for managing their photos. OTOH there are some power users with advanced knowledge about KDE like myself.

Of course its harder to maintain systems of the first group as things have to be easy. But this patch does not make things easier! 

Everytime a window appears based on user action of unexperienced users they are afraid that they have made a mistage. Believe me, if this type of user deletes a file they really think about this action as "delete" means "its away". If this is done by mistake its normally a mouse handling error and they are happy when I magically recover the file from the trash.

We all know this kind of "warning windows" that are anyoing and noone reads it and we click "next" or "ok". A warning window with and option I think is worse.

So I suggest to add an "dont show this window again" option and leave the "del"-action as "move to trash" by default. There should be no way to make a "del" to a "shift+del"-action like the option in the dialog allows now. "shift+del" should be an advanced feature you have to know about. Having huge harddisks today there sould be no reason to make make deleting more prominent.

(I really, really suggest to ask KDEs usabillity group for their opinion for such a basic operation) 

My 2Ct

  Thorsten