Bug or Feature: Selected items are delete even if they are not in current folder

[krissik]

Assuming I have an folder 'demo' containing a page 'page1' and an folder 'folder1' which contains another page 'page2':

| demo
  |- page1
  |- folder1
     |- page2

In folder_contents-View I select 'page1' then click on 'folder1' and select 'page2'. Now I choose delete.

This happens:

• Pop-Up shows and ask if I'm sure that I want to delete without given more information about what to delete
• I click 'YES'
• page1 and page2 are deleted

What I would expect:

• a) Pop-Up shows what to delete
• b) Only page2 is deleted b/c it is confusing that selected items from outside the current folder are deleted

Is it a bug or a feature that selected items from outside the current folder are deleted too?

Volto behaves the same: plone/volto#5931

[pgrunewald]

I'd propose to automatically reset selections upon changing the folder. I think it's counter-intuitive anyway to "track" the selection across folders, because user are prone to lose track of the selected items. Other established systems known to users do not work this way.

[stevepiercy]

I'd propose to automatically reset selections upon changing the folder. I think it's counter-intuitive anyway to "track" the selection across folders, because user are prone to lose track of the selected items. Other established systems known to users do not work this way.

We reached the same conclusion in the linked issue plone/volto#5931 (comment).