Introduce a trashbin

[gardiol]

Accidental delete by swipe is annoying. Yes it can be restored, but only from nextcloud file web app, and not from note app.

Please add the option to confirm swipe-delete

This is specially needed by limited mobility or disabled people.

[korelstar]

I like the idea of an integrated trash bin. Is there an API for that in nextcloud/server (REST or PHP?)

[stefan-niedermann]

yes i think there is a REST API, but it would list all deleted files, so the notes server app would have to provide an API that filters the entries for only deleted notes (i think this should be possible, detect if the deleted resource folder is the notes folder)

[AndyScherzinger]

Just in case you ever want to implement the trashbin via the API (Nc14+) you can always check out nextcloud/android#2588 and I am sure @tobiasKaminsky can help out with any questions :)

[tobiasKaminsky]

Yes, I can help you. It should be possible to only list the content of /Notes.
Maybe we/you can then also include versioning support? This is also done on android client (nextcloud/android#2685)

[stefan-niedermann]

Starting with version 3.4.10 the Notes app will open the trashbin of the native Nextcloud app if supported (this requires Nextcloud 3.17.x or higher). As a fallback we will continue to open the trashbin in the Web UI, for example if the Nextcloud app is too old.

I am aware that this is not quite a "real" trashbin which only show notes, but all deleted files of the user. Implementing and maintaining a complete trashbin feature is currently not on the roadmap though. By far most use cases will be covered by this compromise. Deleted notes can easily be recovered, resusing the existing features which are already present.

The drawback of this solution is, that notes which have been created and then deleted without being synchronized to the server once, can not be recovered. Given that all notes are immediately synchronized as soon as an internet connection is available and that background synchronization is enabled by default since v3.4.2, this is a quite special edge case which we pragmatically accept for now.