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trusktr

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Registered: 2010-02-18

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Pressing delete key deletes items with out prompting if "sure?" Gnome

In my Gnome Nautilus, as a normal user, if i want to delete something by pressing delete, it is simply deleted as soon as I press delete without a prompt to ask me if i'm sure i want to delete it or recycle it.

Any idea why? How can i turn this feature on? It works if i log into gnome as root user, in which case it always prompts me when deleting files.

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hokasch

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Registered: 2007-09-23

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Re: Pressing delete key deletes items with out prompting if "sure?" Gnome

I think the default is to never ask for confirmation when you move something into trash, after all it is not deleted yet. You can toggle the prompt for shift+delete/empty the trash in nautilus preferences.