xffm handling

[Benedikt Meurer]

> > >  1. If I mark two files and want to delete them, I normally right click.
> > >     But this doesn't work in xffm since only one file is deleted then.
> > >     I think the normal behaviour of a context menu should be to do the
> > >     operations on the marked are, not on last-clicked.
> > 
> > You have to press CTRL while doing right click on the last file. This
> > will select the last file and bring up the popup without unselecting
> > anything previous. This is linked to the way the gtk handler works so
> > there's not much that can be do about it (save write a new event
> > handler). You can also use the delete key, main menu entry or toolbar
> > button to delete all without unselecting.
> 
> Ok, I didn't know that. Maybe you (or Benedikt) can add this as a tip!!?

Done. Maybe Francois could add this to the FAQ as well.

> > >  2. There's no possibility to set up xffm in a way that files would be
> > >     immediately deleted by default. What do you think about such a
> > >     option. It should just change the preselection in the confirm
> > >     dialog from "Trash" to "Delete".
> > 
> > Kind of a "oops" safeguard. One of the initial xffm designs had a
> > "trash'em" and a "delete'em" buttons instead of the checkbox and the
> > "yes" button. 
> 
> What I thought is a global (maybe Non-GUI) option to preselect "Delete"
> instead of "Trash" for people who know that they do.

I agree with Bernhard. It would definetly be usefull to have the default
action configurable.

> Regards,
> Bernhard

Benedikt

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