Add a context menu entry and a shortcut for 'remove from library

[voodoopunk]

And just to clarify:

Using SHIFT+DELETE in MusicBee does still send the file to the recycle bin (whereas in Windows Explorer the recycle bin is bypassed when using this method).

Interesting, using SHIFT+DELETE in Fastone Image Viewer it doesn't send to the recycle bin just deletes completely... but there is a warning stating that it's going to do so.

EDIT: Skip that, it does delete it competely, don't know where I tried it and it threw up a warning stating that this action will delete completely. Not that it matters.

[hiccup]

And just to clarify:
Using SHIFT+DELETE in MusicBee does still send the file to the recycle bin (whereas in Windows Explorer the recycle bin is bypassed when using this method).

Good point, but I'm not sure that's always the case.
There is a lengthy topic on that matter to be found here.
I'm not going to re-read it now, but I think the conclusion was that it is not possible for Windows programs to always and completely mimic how Windows Explorer is doing these things.

[hiccup]

Tbh, I also quite liked your idea of separate commands in the right-click context menu ('remove from library' vs 'delete from computer') and mapping these actions to hotkeys could also be good. But I do understand the inclination not to increase the number of options any further here.

In a way I understand that, but I think there is also an argument to be made that it would simplify things.
Currently the 'delete' entry in the menu is ambiguous.
And when you click it, it will always open a pop-up panel that you (kind of) need to read to clarify the ambiguity, and then you will need to click a second time.

With my proposal you would only need to click once.
To me, that seems both: simpler, faster, and clearer.

[BoringName]

Exactly this, I choose no other option. I guess that makes me a minority and a small one at that.

Actually thinking about it more, if the user is deleting something from a library there is probably a higher chance they would be deleting it from the PC as well, unless they are using multiple libraries to manage their music.

From my personal experience it's deleting from a playlist where I have to be careful. It's pretty rare I want to delete it as well but whenever I do I have to be careful the next time. When I'm testing plugins I'm doing a lot of moving things around and tend to go on auto pilot sometimes.

I still think it's better to not default to the irreversible option in either case.

[voodoopunk]

Exactly this, I choose no other option. I guess that makes me a minority and a small one at that.

Actually thinking about it more, if the user is deleting something from a library there is probably a higher chance they would be deleting it from the PC as well, unless they are using multiple libraries to manage their music.

From my personal experience it's deleting from a playlist where I have to be careful. It's pretty rare I want to delete it as well but whenever I do I have to be careful the next time. When I'm testing plugins I'm doing a lot of moving things around and tend to go on auto pilot sometimes.

I still think it's better to not default to the irreversible option in either case.

It's no biggie, just that it made perfect sense to me the way it was.

The only playlists I have are auto-playlists, no deleting necessary.

[Dizza17]

I might be a bit late on this,  but any chance of making it an option for it to remember your last selection for delete from the library or drive and library? I actually quite liked this feature.

Regards
Aaron

[hiccup]

I might be a bit late on this,  but any chance of making it an option for it to remember your last selection for delete from the library or drive and library? I actually quite liked this feature.

Are you aware you can accomplish this by simply pressing [Shift]+[Delete] > [Enter] ?

I think it is good that it will always require some (minor) extra effort to permanently delete stuff from your computer.
If it was too easy, some people would probably start raging and blaming MusicBee for making that too easy.

edit
If you really want to be able to completely remove files with a single click, it can probably be done by creating some AHK function and shortcut.

[Steven]

I might be a bit late on this,  but any chance of making it an option for it to remember your last selection for delete from the library or drive and library? I actually quite liked this feature.

it now has "remember this choice" tickbox

https://getmusicbee.com/patches/MusicBee36_Patched.zip
unzip and replace the existing musicbee application files

[Dizza17]

Thanks for that Steven, greatly appreciated.

Regards
Aaron