[dolphin] [Bug 506749] New: There's no confirmation on moving files to Trash by default, not even for external drives

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506749

            Bug ID: 506749
           Summary: There's no confirmation on moving files to Trash by
                    default, not even for external drives
    Classification: Applications
           Product: dolphin
      Version First 22.12.3
       Reported In:
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: proof87 at gmail.com
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Install and open Dolphin
2.  Mount an external drive
3.  Move a (deletable) file to trash by mouse-dragging from the drive

OBSERVED RESULT
The file got PERMANENTLY deleted because trash-recovery was not enabled on the
attached drive and there was not even a confirmation dialog. This is
particularly bad because even an accidental release of the mouse button over
the Trashcan shortcut can cause data loss (which happened in my case).

After this I enabled confirmation dialog for moving files to trash.

EXPECTED RESULT

The confirmation dialog is opening every time by default to avoid accidental
permanent deletions (at least for those drives that don't have recovery
support).

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: MX Linux 23
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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