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when renaming a file, Shift-del removes the file, not the text

Bug #61240 reported by DFreeze
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One Hundred Papercuts
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nautilus (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I use Shift-Del a lot, to avoid cluttering the Trash. When editing a filename, I automatically Shift-Del'ed the text, to start entering a new name, and yes, I also automatically pressed 'Enter' on the GTK dialog which asked me if the file should be removed (conditioned behaviour).

Point is, Nautilus understands that hitting Del means removing the text, not the file, when in 'rename-modus'. Not so with Shift-Del, then it suddenly switches back to 'file-modus'.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug, that's known upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=314431

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assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Untriaged → Low
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the bug has been fixed to the upstream svn now

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status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the upstream change was not correct

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status: Fix Committed → Triaged
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Alexey Nedilko (alexey.nedilko) wrote :

I guess it's a good example of a paper cut.

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kealaikahiki (thowmeyer) wrote :

@Alexey Nedilko: Sorry, I don't agree.

One has pressed two times a wrong key - and data are lost! A file is deleted forever.
This can happens not only to new users, but nearly to everyone.
When renaming a file, one is editing, not managing files. Leaving editing should always have been done with Enter or Escape. Not by Arrow_down, never with Shift+Del.
Seriously I think, it's a really hard bug. Work of hours and days are lost.
Of course, one should have a backup. However, probably work of eight hours are lost.
Imagine, it was your dissertation.
I think, it's harder than a crash. Crashs are just a bit sheepish for the developer ;-) On the other hand loss of data can be an enormous problem for the user.

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ankspo71 (jamesb-71) wrote :

Hello,

I can confirm this bug in Ubuntu 10.04 alpha 1. I also feel that this is a serious bug as it can cause anyone to loose an entire directory of files permanently.
Nautilus 2.28.1 Gnome 2.29.3

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Zedi (buzedin) wrote :

Hello,

I can confirm this bug in Ubuntu Karmic Koala.
In my case its much more serious - just pressing delete button, without shift deletes file when in a rename mode.
Very annoying! Maybe its not Nautilus - the same is happening on desktop, without opening Nautilus.
Nautilus 1.2.28.1 Gnome 1.2.28.1

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Thank you for bringing this bug to our attention. However, a paper cut should be a small usability issue , in the default Ubuntu 9.10 install , that affects many people and is quick and easy to fix. So this bug can't be addressed as part of the project.

its a bug. it has been there for so long not easy to fix for sure.

For further info about papercuts criteria , pls read > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PaperCut

Don't worry though, This bug has been marked as "invalid" ONLY in the papercuts project.

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status: New → Invalid
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status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Leeq (leekyuh) wrote :

Hello, thanks for your efforts to fix this bug.
However, the bug still exists in Natty Narwhal 11.04, nautilus 1:2.32.2.2-0ubuntu3~ppa170. I'm using Unity desktop.

I just lost the whole directory of some of my data folder..
Please fix this bug as soon as possible as this issue is quite serious.
Thanks for your attention!

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the issue is fixed in Oneiric

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) → nobody
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