Bug 515869

Summary:	root-owned file on desktop can't be trashed with shortcut / context menu and does not give any indication about it
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Tobias Fella <tobias.fella>
Component:	Folder View widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	hein, kde, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	6.6.80
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/f681d5346b8d49a1c5119c1c48a48477cf7355bb	Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Tobias Fella 2026-02-11 12:16:53 UTC

SUMMARY
root-owned file on desktop can't be trashed with shortcut / context menu and does not give any indication about it. that it can't be deleted makes sense, but there should be a visible error about it

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. sudo touch /home/user/Desktop/foo
2. Try deleting file using shortcut or context menu

OBSERVED RESULT
Nothing

EXPECTED RESULT
Error message

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: master (~6.6)
KDE Frameworks Version: git master
Qt Version: git master (~6.11)

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2026-02-20 18:08:06 UTC

Or better yet, prompt for privilege escalation to delete it.

Comment 2 Tobias Fella 2026-06-17 11:09:21 UTC

Git commit f681d5346b8d49a1c5119c1c48a48477cf7355bb by Tobias Fella.
Committed on 17/06/2026 at 09:33.
Pushed by tfella into branch 'master'.

Set UI delegate for trash job

This ensures that errors are shown to the user

M  +1    -0    containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/f681d5346b8d49a1c5119c1c48a48477cf7355bb