I can't reproduce this bug on Files 3.26 on Ubuntu 17.10 so I'm assuming this bug is fixed.
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1223574 Title: Refuses to trash a directory "because" it's not empty Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: I selected two folders (which contained files) and hit the Delete key. I got the nonsense warning shown in the screenshot: "Unable to trash file: Directory not empty" Since when is that a reason for not being able to move a directory to trash??? I have done the same hundreds of times before. Usually, when a folder is not empty, it used to be moved to trash with all its contents without issues. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu16 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-30.44-generic 3.8.13.6 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-30-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.4 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Sep 10 23:50:37 2013 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'1322x738+202+144'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'180' InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-06-23 (1175 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-08-10 (31 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1223574/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp