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Created Jan 19, 2022 by Ralph B@ralxxx

Prevent user from accidentally deleting folders

Gnome File is an application that works smoothly and fast - unfortunately it can happen quickly that users delete entire folders with a single click and might not even realising it.

What I am proposing (as an opt-out feature): Prevent users from deleting (non-empty) folders by introducing a popup message asking to the user to reconfirm deletion. If the folder to be deleted contains above a certain number of files or a certain volume (in MB or GB) there should be a double confirmation requested.

For now deletions of an entire folder structures is so simple that even an entire cloud folder (for instance in Nextcloud) can be deleted by an inattentive click.

Edited Jan 19, 2022 by Peter Eisenmann
To upload designs, you'll need to enable LFS and have an admin enable hashed storage. More information
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