Allow files deleted in VS Code to be "put back" on macOS

[ianstormtaylor]

Right now if you delete a file (eg. using Right-clickDelete) and then go to that file in the trash, there is no Put Back option.

Whereas if you delete a file anywhere else in macOS (eg. using Right-clickMove to Trash) and then find it in the trash, you'll be able to select Put Back and have it return to where it was. This is helpful when you accidentally delete something and want to restore it.

Is it possible for VS Code to support this?

[bpasero]

I can reproduce. I suspect an issue with Electron not implementing the shell.moveItemToTrash method properly.

[SteelPhase]

As far as I understand, VSCode 1.41.0 uses electron v6.1.5. On macOS shell.moveItemToTrash should use MoveItemToTrash which appears to call trashItemAtURL from NSFileManager

It looks like this could potentially be a MacOS bug with trashItemAtURL

electron/electron#2001 references this problem, and a comment states that this could be a MacOS bug. That comment also references sindresorhus/macos-trash#4

[AlsoScratch]

Yikes. Have you informed Apple about it?

[AlsoScratch]

Yikes. Have you informed Apple about it?

The deleted files don't even appear on my system! (10.15.2)
After visiting all the links in this issue, it appears at least 1 person has told them about it... 4 years ago.
Only trust the Finder, guys.

[deepak1556]

It is tracked as a bug in the trashItemAtURL implementation which is what Electron also uses for the relevant api exposed to apps, more context in sindresorhus/macos-trash#4.

[PabloMontoyaUS]

Any updates?

[jedgore-facteus]

this happened to me

[GitPeterBradshaw]

Same problem with Visual Studio 2022 for Mac.

[deepak1556]

Closing since this a bug in the macOS API and is not actionable in the foreseeable future.