Bug 216395

Summary:	missing keyboard shortcut and menu for empty trash
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Xavier Brochard <xavier>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	elvis.angelaccio, markg85
Priority:	NOR
Version:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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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 ***