Finally found out a bit more about this: it seems to be a theme bug. When testing Manjaro, I noticed that the context menu on initial Caja window opening displayed an arrow at the bottom to show more options, among which the "empty trash" one. I first thought it was because the apps versions were different and it has been fixed on Manjaro (as it's a rolling release version). But trying a different theme on Ubuntu MATE like Arc shows the same arrow.
So, the issue seems to actually be with the default Ubuntu MATE theme (Ambiant-MATE, Radiant-MATE and Ambiant-MATE-Dark), though I'm not sure why Caja behaves differently when opening the trashcan context menu (click once: it'll show part of the menu with an arrow to scroll; click again: it'll show the full menu). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1826326 Title: No option to empty trash on initial window open/dir change To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/caja/+bug/1826326/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs