XF 2.1 Delete permanently by default

[JackieChun]

Is there a way to set moderator action for messages to hard-delete instead of soft-delete by default? Would save us a lot of clicks.

 

[Kirby]

This can't be done by default and would require a template modification.

Though I'd strongly advise not to do this as that would be pretty risky, it's easy to accidentally click the wrong controls - if you make permanent default the content will be gone.
On our forums none of the moderators (including admins) has permission to permanently delete anything, there is no reason for doing so.

 

[Ozzy47]

Though I'd strongly advise not to do this as that would be pretty risky

I would agree with this, it would be a bad move to have that as default.

 

[JackieChun]

I have never soft-deleted anything, the exception being when I specifically want to re-instate the content later, and that's very rare.

 

[Ozzy47]

Edit the template helper_action

Find this:

<xf:macro name="delete_type" arg-canHardDelete="{{ false }}" arg-typeName="hard_delete" arg-reasonName="reason">
    <xf:if is="$canHardDelete">
        <xf:radiorow name="{$typeName}" value="0"

Change value="0" to value="1"

 

[JackieChun]

Will try this, thanks!