Re: deleting files in: 'find double' doesn't work

> > 1. create a directory containing just two identical images (different
> > names
> > 2. go to the parent directory
> > 3. right click and select: Find Double
> > 4. compare with high similarity
> > 5. select one of the two images in the Find Double Files dialog
> > 6. Press the delete button on the keyboard
> > 
> > Result=> the two images are removed from the Find Double Files dialog,
> > but the selected double file is not actually deleted from the hard disk.
> > 
> > Expected=> the selected double file should have been deleted.
> > 
> > Note1: I have "activate delete key" in de Preferences enabled
> > Note2: If you right click one of the files in the Find Double files
> > Dialog and select Delete from the context menu, the expected behaviour
> > is shown (e.g. the double file is removed)
> 
> This is the documented behavior (from the README keyboard shorcuts):
> 
>  Find Duplicates window:
> 
>    ...
>    [Delete], [Keypad Delete]          remove selected images from list
>    ...
>    [Ctrl] - D                         delete selected files
> 
> 
> My reasoning was that delete seamed the logical key to use to simply remove an
> object from the list, and [Control] - D is not an accident waiting to happen.
I see, this makes sense and now that I know, I can live with this.
But it's easy to be confused; The option 'enable delete key' apparently
only affect the behaviour in the main window: If enabled, pressing
[Delete] deletes the image, if disabled, pressing [Delete] does nothing.

Pressing [Delete] in a collection window always deletes it from the
list.

In using 'Find duplicates', I (and perhaps the general user) usually
want to find duplicates with the purpose of deleting the duplicate
files.
In pressing [Delete] and seeing the duplicetes removed from the list I
actually thought the duplicate was removed.


> Changing it now to delete images with the delete key may cause a problem for
> existing users not aware of the change. I could be pushed to change it if you
> can suggest an alternative keyboard shortcut to only remove items from the
> window, oh, and it has to make sense :)
Ehm, lemme think...

Would it be an option to let the behaviour of [Delete] be the same for
the main window and for collection: e.g [Ctrl-D] Deletes the file
[Delete] deletes the file if the option 'enable delete key' is set.

[Ctrl-X] (or  perhaps [X]) remove the selected images from the
collection 
(Think eXpunge ala emacs or, Ctrl-X for Cut ala windows)

If that makes sense, it would be prudent not to change the behaviour in
the 1.4.x series, but introduce it in 1.6.0 when it's out.

If it doesn't make sense, then perhaps the option 'enable delete key'
can be more explicit e.g. 'enable delete key in image/file manager'

Another idea is to use the status bar:
When there are 10 duplicates found and I deleted 5 from the list:

Instead of saying:  5 matches found in 75 files
it could say: 10 matches found in 75 files, showing 5 matches in list

Tino Meinen



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