[feature request] Deleting appointments: delete key & different pre-selected button

Hello,

Not sure whether the following was requested earlier, couldn’t find a post.

To make the UI more intuitive (to me at least :)), I would like to be able to also use the delete key after I’ve selected an appointment. Makes switching easier between private Evolution and work Outlook. Plus faster than using CTRL+D.

Next to that, I would be very much in favor that the default button selected in the following dialog (“Are you sure you want to delete the appointment titled…”) is the Delete button and not the “Do not delete” button.
I found the option to dismiss the “confirmation dialog when deleting items”, but don’t want to do that, also since there is no undo function.

Thanks for considering!

Discourse is the wrong place for this, as such posts are easily lost
over time. The place to file a Request For Enhancement (RFE) is on the
Gnome bugs page:

If you do file an RFE, feel free to post a link here.

poc

Hi,
you can modify the shortcuts as described here:
https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/evolution/help/customize-ui-items.html
It’s kinda techy to do it, I’m sorry.

With respect of the preselected button in the dialog, it’s safer to
preselect the “do not delete”, in case a user accidentally presses the
Enter or the Space keys. An Alt+D “presses” the “Delete” button, though
it can be cumbersome to press Ctrl+D followed by Alt+D. The Right-Arrow
followed by Enter does the same, aka the Tab or arrows can be used to
change the focused button in that dialog.

I would not file a feature request for this.
Bye,
Milan

Hi,

Thanks both for the quick help!

mcrha, you brought me on the right track:
Custom keyboard shortcuts for Evolution in GNOME · Major Hayden elaborates on changing shortcuts in evolution.

In case of a flatpak evolution, the file resides in ~/.var/app/org.gnome.Evolution/config/evolution
and the respective line should read

(gtk_accel_path “/calendar/event-delete” “Delete”)

@poc: Got it, makes more sense indeed. Noted for future ideas.
For reference: [RFE] Default button when deleting calendar event (#2926) · Issues · GNOME / evolution · GitLab

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