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jonathon89

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Registered: 2019-03-20

Posts: 9

trash can popup placement

Hi, any way to control where the trash can popup occurs?  Right now it opens in the center of screen.  I would like it to open next to the trash can icon on my side panel so I don't have to scroll all the way over to the center of the screen to click ok.

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ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,491

Re: trash can popup placement

Hi, any way to control where the trash can popup occurs?

Unfortunately, no. It just opens your file manager following smart placement rules.

Right now it opens in the center of screen.  I would like it to open next to the trash can icon on my side panel so I don't have to scroll all the way over to the center of the screen to click ok.

What do you mean by "click ok"? Where are you clicking ok?

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jonathon89

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Registered: 2019-03-20

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Re: trash can popup placement

What do you mean by "click ok"? Where are you clicking ok?

delete files confirmation   Thanks for response

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MrEen

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Registered: 2019-04-19

Posts: 295

Re: trash can popup placement

One workaround. You could just hit Enter when the confirmation dialog appears.

jonathon89

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Registered: 2019-03-20

Posts: 9

Re: trash can popup placement

One workaround. You could just hit Enter when the confirmation dialog appears.

I do try, but I use full-screen linux guest as the desktop/background on windows host and invariably something else has taken focus, or is blocking the popup, and I refuse to use enter unless I can verify focus.

It really cool, because I have full access to both OS.  The linux panel on the left vertical and the windows along the bottom horizontal, places the start buttons next to each other.

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ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,491

Re: trash can popup placement

Can you detail out your complete use case? There may be options here.

Do you use the Trash applet to do any of the following actions:
- view trash content
- restore trash items
- delete trash contents

If it's just to delete the contents of the trash, you can:

gio trash --empty

...assign this to a launcher and have quick access to do so.

If it's any combination of the other items, you might be able to program something using zenity or yad to manage the contents of the trash - which you could control the placement of the window.

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