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Yes, it does normally cut, but not in finder. I don't see how could you lose files by cutting - on dolphin (KDE) if i cut a file and then don't paste it the onl
by andreadallera 15y ago
Yes, it does normally cut, but not in finder. I don't see how could you lose files by cutting - on dolphin (KDE) if i cut a file and then don't paste it the only thing that happens is that dolphin notifies me of that (rendering the icon grayish) and, if i close it and open it up again, the file is still there, still grayish.
- adsr 15y agoYes, but then that is a form of notification, although you could say that it's ambiguous to someone who doesn't use that feature and hit cmd+x by mistake. Or, let's say it's less clear than a alert dialog asking you to confirm. Having said that, an alert would be annoying.
- Someone 15y agoFrankly, I have never seen a file explorer that does cut, anywhere. MS Windows, for instance, does not delete a file on 'cut', and does not copy it on 'copy' (if it did, "copy, shift-delete, paste" would be a no-op) Cut/Copy/Paste/Undo is a huge UI problem in file explorers. Apple historically chose to not implement any of them (but it did have 'Put Back' to move any file or folder back to where it last was). Following pressure from Windows users, Mac OS X added copy and paste, but not cut. I certainly can understand their reasoning, and also am happy with it. It is not as if I spend hours each day moving files and directories around; if I did, I would do so using the command prompt.