Reported upstream. It's a shame, it sure seems like moving to the desktop-icons extension gives up a lot of functionality that was available when nautilus rendered the desktop. vmware-tools drag-and-drop is gone, too.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1827419 Title: Show Action to Permanently Delete Files and Folders does not work in 19.04 Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Recently upgraded from 18.10 to 19.04. Under Preferences/Behavior I have "Show action to permanently delete files and folders" checked, but when I right-click a file or folder on the desktop only "Move to Trash" is offered. This was working previously in 18.10. jeremiah:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 19.04 Release: 19.04 jeremiah:~$ apt-cache policy nautilus nautilus: Installed: 1:3.32.0-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 1:3.32.0-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1:3.32.0-0ubuntu2 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/+bug/1827419/+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