[xubuntu-users] confirmation dialog when delete files from gui (thunar/nautilus)

Thu May 25 20:16:44 UTC 2017

Hi Gustavo

I hear you, and being a windows slave for decades I know exactly what
you're contending with.

In my newbie and humble opinion, you have two easy solutions:

1- Broadcast an email to all your users to right click on the selected file
and get used to use the pop up options therein offered, which are fool proof

2 - I don't know how to do it, so I'd ask the Xubuntu folks how to add the
pop up notification of the Delete option onto the Move to trash option.

To me personally, even as a heavy (ex) windows user, that's totally
unnecessary... but then again, I do use my brain and still have some common
sense haha...

However, fun aside, please consider this...

You are moving at least 40 individuals from windows to linux... from a
brain-dead- making operating system into a brain-stimulating operating
system.

If you start literally replicating windows features into your linux distro,
you are not only NOT moving away from windows to linux (as you are just
bloating up your linux until it becomes a replica of windows with all the
downsides of it that made you want to move away from it in the first place)
but you are also NOT helping 40 individuals to drop bad and unproductive
habbits and start beneffiting from the intellectual development and growth
that linux has to offer them.

Just my personal and humble opinion, mind you...

Hope it gives you food for thought and helps...

Regards

Joao

On 25 May 2017 20:34, "Gustavo Sansone" <gsansone at eumus.edu.uy> wrote:

> thanks, Joao and Hartmut for your comments.
>
> I'll try to elaborate a little more my situation.
>
> personally I'm happy with the default behaviour of Xubuntu (I'm a
> gnu/linux guy since 2003).
>
> Now, I work as a sysadmin and I have about 40 workstations running Xubuntu
> for ex-WindowsXP users. (previously I tried different *ubuntus. the last
> one was Kubuntu but the users made lot of mistakes because of the bloated
> interface). then I choosed Xfce for the simplicity and everyone is happy
> with it.
>
> What I'm seeing frecuently, is some users suddenly "miss" files from
> folders and then I find out those files goes to the "trash".
> So, knowing that 99,9% is users fault, I'm looking a way to show a
> confirmation dialog to minimize these files "missing accidentally".
>
> I agree the default Xubuntu don't need these dialogs, but maybe a
> configuration switch would help.
>
> thanks again!
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *De: *"Joao Monteiro" <jmonteiro257 at gmail.com>
> *Para: *"Xubuntu Support and User Discussions" <
> xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> *Enviados: *Jueves, 25 de Mayo 2017 15:44:12
> *Asunto: *Re: [xubuntu-users] confirmation dialog when delete files from
> gui        (thunar/nautilus)
>
> Hi
>
> 2 cents from a newbie... I select a file, right click and get a pop up
> menu with a number of options... one of them is to move file to trash,
> another is to delete. If I choose Delete I get a warning notification that
> the file will be permanently erased.
>
> Personally I'm quite happy with this, as there's no risk of accidentally
> deleting the file forever, as it can always be restored from the bin.
>
> So... the option is already there, Gustavo. If we start adding the same
> option to every single menu, we'll end up with a heavily bloated GUI like
> microsoft, in my humble newbie opinion.
>
> I like GUI as well and I find the right click options brilliant for most
> of the most used everyday tasks...
>
> I'm using xubuntu xfce... and loving it ever more the more I use it :)
>
> Joao
>
> On 25 May 2017 17:22, "Gustavo Sansone" <gsansone at eumus.edu.uy> wrote:
>
>> yes, you're right.
>>
>> but I'm also looking a way to ask user when moving to trash. I mean, when
>> user select a file and hit delete.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Mensaje original -----
>> De: "Hartmut Haase" <hha4491 at web.de>
>> Para: "Xubuntu Support and User Discussions" <xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.
>> com>
>> Enviados: Jueves, 25 de Mayo 2017 13:13:03
>> Asunto: Re: [xubuntu-users] confirmation dialog when delete files from
>> gui      (thunar/nautilus)
>>
>> Hi, if in Thunar you press shift+delete you will be asked for a
>> confirmation.
>> --
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>> Hartmut
>>
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>>
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>>
>> Am 25. Mai 2017 17:38:42 schrieb Gustavo Sansone <gsansone at eumus.edu.uy>:
>>
>> > hi all,
>> >
>> > I'd like to know if it's possible to activate (from gui or config
>> files) a
>> > confirmation dialog when deleting files from a file manager (I have
>> thunar
>> > and nautilus installed).
>> > I tried all preferences dialogs in both managers but can't find any
>> option
>> > to ask user before delete.
>> > I think is an important feature to improve usability in some cases.
>> >
>> > thanks in advance.
>> >
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