Bug 166280

Summary:	"Move files to trash" should use recycle bin
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Rolf Eike Beer <kde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Peter Penz <peter.penz19>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	Ch.Ehrlicher, markg85, ps_ml
Priority:	NOR
Version:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Rolf Eike Beer 2008-07-11 08:56:59 UTC

Version:            (using Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
OS:                MS Windows

(Probably not limited to dolphin, but I don't know of a better place to report it.)

There is a system wide trashcan (aka \RECYCLER) on MS Windows systems. It is absolutely confusing from a users point of view if KDE applications use their own trash in user profile instead of the system wide one. trash:/ should just use \RECYCLER on Windows.

I don't know about OSX, but if there is a trashcan too this should also be used instead of the private one.

Comment 1 Christian Ehrlicher 2009-03-13 21:21:59 UTC

I'm working on this for windows (kio_trash) - clearing the trash, putting into trash and restoring already works bt there're problems monitoring changes in the recycle bin

Comment 2 Mark 2010-09-19 03:20:10 UTC

Any progress on this, Christian?

Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2011-06-22 10:54:41 UTC

Christian,

What's new on this file. Look also this entry about digiKam :

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=229465

Gilles Caulier

Comment 4 Patrick Spendrin 2012-03-17 13:03:08 UTC

The kio_trash already has been committed "years" ago ;-) recent brokenness has been fixed too.
The kio_trash really uses the system recycle bin.