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Provide confirmation for DELETE action in Data Panel right-click context menu

Provide confirmation for DELETE action in Data Panel right-click context menu

This issue has come to haunt me far too many times due to occasional laggy GUI inputs where I intended to RENAME something, but instead had it DELETED since there is no confirmation once it is clicked. This happens when the context menu comes up while right clicking on FILES and FOLDERS within the program's Data Panel.

 

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I personally deem this as a seriously flawed UI choice, since Autodesk does not offer a way to recover folders (and the files within them) from the Data Panel or from the Web console when they are deleted this way, and perhaps on accident.


The only way to recover deleted files is to beg Autodesk to recover them for you, which takes weeks. Much appreciated, but not at all ideal for the user to lose their files accidentally, nor for the Fusion team to be asked to do that.

 

A simple dialog box will fix this issue completely.

 

2 Comments
mjsadaway
Participant

Yes, it is far too easy to unintentionally select the wrong file to delete if the data panel is still being updated from a previous delete or rename.

 

However, I'm not a fan of having to confirm deletions. I hate extra steps.

 

It would be nice to update the data panel more quickly and/or ignore mouse clicks in the data panel area while it's updating.

 

But the most obvious and best solution wold be to add a RECYCLE BIN or the equivalent.

Careless_
Advocate

Perhaps adding an option in the preferences for "confirm deleting and moving of files" and a drop down option that has "send deleted files to Trash" or "delete files permanently without recovery"

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