User Interface Inconsistency on Delete

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PeterCM
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User Interface Inconsistency on Delete

Post by PeterCM »

Media Monkey 4.1.15.1830

When working under the My Computer node i.e. working directly with files and folders and not the library there is an inconsistency.

- If you select a single file and press deleted you get a confirmation popup before the file is deleted.

- If you select a directory and press delete the folder and all its contents are deleted immediately without any confirmation.

Surely you should also get a confirmation popup on directory deletion. Otherwise the popup on file deletion should be removed (deletion sends the files to the recycle bin so you can undo the deletion.)
Lowlander
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Re: User Interface Inconsistency on Delete

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PeterCM
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Re: User Interface Inconsistency on Delete

Post by PeterCM »

The default behaviour in Windows 8, 8.1 & 10 is to not show the system deletion confirmation dialog on folder deletion.

See: http://techdows.com/2015/02/make-window ... ialog.html

Personally I would rather not see the file deletion dialog. Perhaps MediaMonkey should have its own option to enable or dissable deletion prompts and not rely on system wide configuration options.
Lowlander
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Re: User Interface Inconsistency on Delete

Post by Lowlander »

I personally would want to see this. It's too easy to end up removing files by accident.
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