[digiKam-users] Suggested UX improvement: Empty trash

Remco Viƫtor remco.vietor at wanadoo.fr
Tue Jun 30 16:23:45 BST 2020


On mardi 30 juin 2020 16:59:06 CEST Thomas D wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> Currently, it takes 4 clicks to empty Trash:
> 1. Find and click Trash in folder tree
> 2. Find and click Delete button on the opposite side of the screen(!)
> 3. Now a pop-up action menu is shown, click Delete all here. (Why not
> "Empty Trash"?)
> 4. You are now prompted "Are you sure you want to delete ALL items
> permanently?" (Oh no! Sounds scary - again, why not just say "Empty Trash"?
> which is a well established metafor on many systems). Click Yes to empty
> trash.
> 
> 
So it's a bit harder to permanently remove files. That's *good* as it is an 
unrecoverable action, and if deleting files is too easy, it's too easy to lose 
unreplaceble images. 

And if you are sure you want to delete images, use <shift>-<del>, which 
bypasses the thrash and removes the files immediately.

Remco




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