SUMMARY KFind does not offer DELETE - only 'Move to Wastebin'. I have been searching for and deleting files off my NAS, but because KFind doesn't offer the option to delete, i have to instead 'open file location' and delete it that way. Alternatively, wait much longer to 'move' GB-sized files to the wastebin. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Search/find a file. 2. Right-click 3. No option to delete. 4. hold Shift - still no option to delete. OBSERVED RESULT No right-click+shift option to delete EXPECTED RESULT I would expect to see the same offering as Dolphin (right-click+shift). SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux 4.20.13 (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.55 Qt Version: 5.12.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :)
A workaround: If you add a 'Remove' service menu - $HOME/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/remove.desktop: [Desktop Entry] Type=Service Icon=edit-delete ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin MimeType=all/allfiles;inode/directory; Actions=remove; Encoding=UTF-8 X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel [Desktop Action remove] Type=Application Name=Remove Icon=edit-delete Exec=rm -rf %F then the KFind will show it: https://imgur.com/ODd2DPy The servce menu will remove files and directories... More of the KDE Service Menus: https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Creating_Konqueror_Service_Menus
(In reply to Rog131 from comment #1) > A workaround: > Thanks - i've applied this and it works. Unfortunately there are now two options in Dolphin (Delete and Remove) but it does the job i need in the short-term within Kfind. It would still be good to have basically the same right-click menu in Kfind as in Dolphin (with respect to file operations). I'm hoping that this is still something that could be added to Kfind, and i appreciate its not a high-priority request.
I could reproduce both the lack of the feature in the latest KFind (v24.04.70) and also the workaround provided by Rog131. Tested under: Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Neon unstable KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0 Qt Version: 6.6.1 Kernel Version: 6.5.0-17-generic (64-bit) Graphic Platform: X11 VM machine - QEMU: Processor: 2 × Intel® Core™ i3-4150 CPU @ 3.50GHz Memory: 3.9 GiB of RAM Graphic Processor: llvmpipe Manufacturer: QEMU Product name: Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) System version: pc-q35-6.2 I have noticed that Dolphin does NOT include a "Remove" option by default in its service menu, only "Move to trash" So I am wondering: Is it desirable to apply Rog131's solution as a KDE default? If so, we should probably keep this feature request open. If there is no desire to do so, then we should close this as RESOLVED:WONTFIX. I think it would be nice personally.
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Dolphin in more recent times offers 'delete' via Shift+Del (or holding Shift while in the context menu of a file changes 'move to wastebin' to 'delete'). Rather than the workaround, i think it would be nice if Kfind had consistent operation with Dolphin. This is obviously a nice to have, it's not a bug and with Plasma 6 the focus right now this will be a low priority in the scheme of things. But i don't think it should be closed. It seems a very sensible thing to do, when time is available for someone to do it.