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Pheeble

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Registered: 2015-06-22

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[SOLVED] Thunar 4.18.4 setting 'Confirm move to trash' not working

I'm running Linux Mint 21.2 XFCE, which uses Thunar 4.18.4.

thunar --version
thunar 4.18.4 (Xfce 4.18)

Copyright (c) 2004-2022
	The Thunar development team. All rights reserved.

Written by Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>.

Please report bugs to <https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar>.

According to https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/hidden-settings it is now possible to get a confirmation dialog when moving files to Trash:

misc-confirm-move-to-trash     bool     If true enables a confirmation to move files to trash (similar to permanently delete) New in thunar 4.18.x

I have added this setting using xfconf, and both the GUI settings editor and xfconf show that it has been set correctly:

xfconf-query --channel thunar --property /misc-confirm-move-to-trash
true

Unfortunately it is not working. When I delete a file either by the Del key or using the context menu Delete command, the file is immediately moved to Trash without any confirmation dialog.

Any suggestions on how to get this working?

Last edited by Pheeble (2023-08-02 20:39:13)

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: [SOLVED] Thunar 4.18.4 setting 'Confirm move to trash' not working

It looks like it was fixed and to be released in 4.19.0. See: https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/issues/464.

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Pheeble

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Registered: 2015-06-22

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Re: [SOLVED] Thunar 4.18.4 setting 'Confirm move to trash' not working

Ok, thanks ToZ.

It looks like the page at https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/hidden-settings was a tad premature.

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: [SOLVED] Thunar 4.18.4 setting 'Confirm move to trash' not working

Reading through that bug report I get the sense it was a regression.

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