Add permanent delete option (including Shift+Delete)

Bug #1825415 reported by peterzay
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons
New
Unknown
gnome-flashback (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

It should permanently delete the file or folder.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.32.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-13.14-generic 5.0.6
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Apr 18 15:13:22 2019
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
GsettingsChanges:

InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-04-18 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_nautilus:

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peterzay (peterzay) wrote :
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report, could you provide details though?

- in what directory is it? is that a local one or remove? what filesystem
- what view type do you use in nautilus?
- what keyboard layout do you use?

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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peterzay (peterzay) wrote :

shift + delete on a desktop text file
text file moves to trash
this is reproducible

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peterzay (peterzay) wrote :

If you do this from a nautilus window, you get the expected permanent delete.

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The desktop is not handled by nautilus anymore, that's a bug in the new gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons component.
Also next time please give some details in the description directly, it would avoid comment roundtrips to understand what's going on.

affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) → gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu)
Changed in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :
Changed in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons:
status: Unknown → New
summary: - shift+delete sends to trash
+ Add permanent delete option (including Shift+Delete)
Changed in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu):
importance: Low → Wishlist
Changed in gnome-flashback (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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