can't find any way to select or delete files

Asked by Bob Harvey

I am accumulating files in the Download directory, and thought it would be a good idea to clear it out. I can't find any way to do it.

I tried with the touch interface, and then with a mouse and keyboard. I expected to be able to select or highlight files in some way and then be able to delete them. I can't.

a single touch or click on a file attempts to open it, and does not leave it selected in any way. there are no buttons for selection and no file-operation menus at all.

how am I supposed to clear out the download directory? or, indeed, select files for copying or moving or renaming in any way?

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Bob Harvey (bobharvey) said :
#1

I have, of course, been able to clear out the directory from the command line. I just expected the file manager to have a way to manage files.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#2

Do you want to simply empty the directory?

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Bob Harvey (bobharvey) said :
#3

In this instance, yes. But in general I might want to delete some but not all files, move files to another location, or rename files

(M10 tablet, OTA10.1m by the way)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#4

Then drag the files you want out to somewhere else, then you can easily empty the folder with:

rm -r ~/Downloads/*

Or open the file manager and use the Select All option under the edit menu. Simple stuff, it's the same in Windows and Mac OS too......

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Bob Harvey (bobharvey) said :
#5

Edit menu? there is a 3-line (hamburger) menu, but it does not have any edit values.

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Bob Harvey (bobharvey) said :
#6

Hmm. Can't attach a screenshot to this question.

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Bob Harvey (bobharvey) said :
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On Tuesday, 31 May 2016 08:57:59 BST, actionparsnip
<email address hidden> wrote:

> Or open the file manager and use the Select All option under the edit
> menu. Simple stuff, it's the same in Windows and Mac OS too......

herewith the attachment by email. I see no edit menu style things

--
Sent using Dekko from my Ubuntu device

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#8

Upload the image to Imageshack or use Dropbox to make a URL of the image. Post the URL as an update on
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-filemanager-app/+question/294637

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Bob Harvey (bobharvey) said :
#9

well, that would be http://i63.tinypic.com/1z65h51.png then

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Bob Harvey (bobharvey) said :
#10

and here it is after entering a password to unlock things http://i64.tinypic.com/28ta35.png

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Bob Harvey (bobharvey) said :
#11

and this is what is in the view menu http://i65.tinypic.com/14dljzp.png

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Bob Harvey (bobharvey) said :
#12

There is only one option under 'settings' and I already have it on http://i68.tinypic.com/2nqcsy8.png

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#13

Does CTRL + A not work?

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Bob Harvey (bobharvey) said :
#14

Nope. Tried that.

And anyway, suppose I only wanted to delete half of them?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#15

sudo rm -r ~/Downloads/*

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Bob Harvey (bobharvey) said :
#16

>sudo rm -r ~/Downloads/*
See comment 2. Already did that, without having to invoke sudo.

I think this should turn into a bug. Thanks for all the time!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#17

Yeah, does sound like a bug. Ubuntu phone is incredibly young so stuff like this may be missed.

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Bob Harvey (bobharvey) said :
#18

Well, that was painful.

Launchapd failed spectacularly when trying to turn this into a bug with 'create bug report'. So I had to report /that/ (https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/1587487)

I was unable to enter any bugs at all for ubuntu-filemanager-app, so I had to report it elsewhere:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1587499

Lets see what happens.

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Michal Predotka (mpredotka) said :
#19

Press and hold on a file or a folder to see options. There should be 'Delete' there.

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Bob Harvey (bobharvey) said :
#20

Aye, that appeared on OTA11 (see the bug). Still only does one at a time, which is sub-optimal.

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fdbhgfv gfgf (aowlpe04) said :
#21

I am using it also and you will see some option on the top of it where you will find the buttons to delete a file you can visit here https://removalswirral.co.uk/ to learn more about it.

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