Bug 216395 - missing keyboard shortcut and menu for empty trash
Summary: missing keyboard shortcut and menu for empty trash
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 163306
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 16.12.2
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee
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Reported: 2009-11-27 16:58 UTC by Xavier Brochard
Modified: 2016-12-10 13:07 UTC (History)
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Description Xavier Brochard 2009-11-27 16:58:39 UTC
Version:           1.3 (using 4.3.2 (KDE 4.3.2), Debian packages)
Compiler:          cc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.31-1-amd64

Hello

I'm currently using a pair of limited keyboard and mouse, coming from a Macintosh. You have done a great work, because Dolphin is still usable with these simplified keyboard and one button mouse, even if one can't access the right click menu.
My  main concern is that one can't empty trash without a right click!
I suggest to, at least, add a menu entry (like in kmail) for empty trash and to set a keyboard shortcut on it.
I will send another bug report about some ideas to solve right-click issue.
Comment 1 Mark 2012-05-01 20:33:34 UTC
Apple has done something very fancy here. If you hit Shift-Command-Delete then the trash gets deleted (you get a question if you want to clean the trash or not).

It even has a second option Option-Shift-Command-Delete to empty the trash without asking you anything!

So, how do we translate this to dolphin? We obviously don't have an "option" key. My suggestion would be to follow apple here. So if dolphin is active/open/has-focus then the following commands are usable:
Meta-Shift-Delete - empty trash with asking
Meta-Shift-Control-Delete - empty trash without asking

The shortcuts from apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343

What do you guys think about this?
Comment 2 Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems) 2012-08-24 16:22:29 UTC
Resetting assignee to default as per bug #305719
Comment 3 Elvis Angelaccio 2016-12-10 13:07:49 UTC
There is an older report for the same wish.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 163306 ***