[digiKam-users] Suggested UX improvement: Empty trash

[Dougie Nisbet]

I found this a mild irritation when I first started using digiKam ( 
http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/digiKam-users-Changing-location-of-dtrash-directory-td4709691.html 
) as I have scripts that parse my image directory and as far as I can 
tell, it's not possible to relocate the .dtrash directory. I get round 
it by using a wrapper script that does an rm -rf 
/store/media/images/.dtrash before starting digiKam and it never seems 
to do any harm.

Dougie

On 30/06/2020 15:59, 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.
>
>
> The workflow can be improved by making the following possible:
>
> 1. Right click on Trash
> 2. Select Empty Trash
>
> This is both much simpler and less confusing for the user. And it is 
> fewer clicks and much less cognitive load.
>
> Hope you will implement this.
>
> BR
> Thomas


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