Bug 252902

Summary: Device actions 'cannot be deleted'
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: o_O_Tync <ootync>
Component: kcm_solid-actionsAssignee: System Settings Bugs <sourtooth+ssbugs>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: alexandernst, bugs.kde.org, illumilore, justin.zobel
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 4.10.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
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Description o_O_Tync 2010-09-30 22:09:35 UTC 
Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.5.1) 
OS:                Linux

In Device Actions setup, actions defined by *.desktop files in /usr/share/kde4/apps/solid/actions/ cannot be deleted: the grayed button says this.
This happens because they're owned by root. However, that's not what we call 'good usability': there should be a way to delete them.
My suggestion: create some empty *.desktop file in $HOME that will replace an action to be deleted, and call this 'Disable'.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Try to delete a Device Action defined in /usr/share/kde4/apps/solid/actions/ (or some any system-wide place)

Actual Results:  
'Cannot Delete' button

Expected Results:  
'Delete' button active
Comment 1 Jonathan M Davis 2012-05-02 05:33:55 UTC 
Agreed. It's definitely annoying to not be able to disable any of the device actions that come with KDE. Pretty much the _only_ one that I ever want is "Open with File Manager," but because "Download Photos with Gwenview" is also there and undeletable, I have to click on every drive twice to able to open it - once on the drive and once on "Open with File Manager," whereas if "Open with File Manager" were the only option, then I'd just have to click the once.
Comment 2 Alexander Nestorov 2015-02-08 23:01:17 UTC 
*** Bug 314569 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Justin Zobel 2020-11-12 05:21:23 UTC 
Confirmed on git master, this still can't be disabled.