The Ubuntu dock will add a trash can and removable devices, or so it seems

Trash in the Ubuntu dock

Trash manually added to Ubuntu 19.04 dock

Currently, after installing Ubuntu 19.04 we have the However, on the left from top to bottom, in a dark color and the trash can and our personal folder on the desktop. I don't like having icons on the desktop at all, so I remove the paper bin and the personal folder with GNOME Tweaks. On the other hand, I put the dock down, I make it not reach from part to part and it I add a fully functional bin. From the looks of it, I won't have to do the latest in future Ubuntu releases anymore.

That is what we understand by reading in GitHub an entry that talks about this possibility. Under the name of "Trash and Removable Devices Icons", a function request is described that add the trash and removable devices to the Ubuntu dock. Among what the new options will allow us, we have that the trash icon will be animated and will show when we have something in the trash or when it is empty.

New options in the Ubuntu dock for Eoan Ermine?

What would allow us to do what is discussed on GitHub is:

  • The trash icon reflects whether it is empty or not and has an action to empty the trash.
  • Removable devices and mounted volumes icons with unmount or eject actions.
  • Preferences to control whether to show the icon or not.
  • Window tracing using the original Ubuntu FileManager1 extended API added for Unity, or the new upstream version of Nautilus (which works with Wayland).

But at the moment it has a couple of problems that they hope to solve: you cannot drag / drop files to the trash and their icon cannot be put aside like in Unity.

And when would this feature arrive in Ubuntu? It is said that could get to Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine. There is time and the request was delivered before the freeze of functions or Feature Freeze, so it is not ruled out that it will reach the version of Ubuntu that will be released on October 17. I would like. And you?


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  1.   Juan Carlos said

    I find this option nice. However, what I most hope that the factory does not arrive with snap packages 🙂

    1.    Andres LAra said

      You can install the clean version, I do it and install everything at my own pace

      1.    joscat said

        You mean the »minimal» right?

  2.   Mario Alberto said

    It would be great to have the trash already included. A question How do you do so that the dock is not from part to part?