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The trash

Whatever is deleted waits in one place, whichever module it came from, and comes back in one click until the purge comes round.

The shared trash: a tab per module, deleted documents first, with their date and the time left before the purge.

Deleting erases nothing straight away. A publication, a document, a folder, a category or a note goes to its module's trash, and every trash is gathered on one screen: what was thrown away, since when, and how long is left to change your mind.

What it does

  • One screen for every trash, with a tab per module and per kind, and how many items are waiting in each.
  • The screen opens on the fullest trash: it starts with what there is to deal with.
  • Each row says when it was deleted, and the banner says in how many days the purge will come round.
  • Restoring puts the item back where it was, when that is still possible: a folder whose parent is gone comes back at the root, a category whose name was taken again gets a free one.
  • Deleting a row for good, or emptying a whole trash, asks for a confirmation that says there is no way back.
  • The purge is automatic: after thirty days, adjustable in the settings, whatever is left is erased. Setting the delay to zero turns it off.
  • A module that is switched off, or closed to the account looking, does not appear: everyone sees only the trashes of the modules open to them.

Each tab also leads to the list its items came from.