The TC currently has the option "Get confirmation before deleting non-empty directories". But neither turned on, nether turned off it doesn't make TC to act in the way I want:
-- when off, user always gets confirmation when deleting a folder;
-- when on, user gets confirmation twice if deleting non-empty folder, and once if deleting empty folder.
And what I want: I want to get no confirmation when deleting empty non-readonly non-hidden folder (and 1 confirmation if folder is non-empty/readonly/hidden).
It would be handy if
"Get confirmation before deleting non-empty directories" is renamed to
"Get ADDITIONAL confirmation before deleting non-empty directories",
and the following option is added nearby:
"Get confirmation before deleting any directories" (which is ON by default, but could be turned OFF).
Confirmation on deleting folders
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No, the user gets a confirmation dialog for the entire delete operation, not for that specific folder. It's just too dangerous to delete everything just when you hit Del/F8. It's so easy to hit it by accident, e.g. instead of "Insert"...when off, user always gets confirmation when deleting a folder;
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Yes i've got to agree with that, too.
(i guess i've now made it clear i have no personality whatsoever :-)=) )
But maybe it would be nice to make an exception when only empty folders (or folders containing only empty folders) are selected, and in such case not ask for any confirmation.
Or would testing for emptiness slow down response-time ? Perhaps should such a feature work only on unremovable local hard drives (not network locations, not mapped drives, and not ftp or floppy of course), to prevent any unreasonable delay...
(i guess i've now made it clear i have no personality whatsoever :-)=) )
But maybe it would be nice to make an exception when only empty folders (or folders containing only empty folders) are selected, and in such case not ask for any confirmation.
Or would testing for emptiness slow down response-time ? Perhaps should such a feature work only on unremovable local hard drives (not network locations, not mapped drives, and not ftp or floppy of course), to prevent any unreasonable delay...
Yes, I meant that.But maybe it would be nice to make an exception when only empty folders (or folders containing only empty folders) are selected, and in such case not ask for any confirmation.
But no "or folders containing only empty folders". Delete silently only if folder contains nothing (because tree of empty folders is often not a garbage, i.e. it can be structure for some planned project or etc).
And, anyway, it should be an option, not permanent behaviour.