Cannot use del key to delete files on desktop in 20.04
Unfortunately desktop icons are completely broken, which is quite unexpected in a LTS release of Ubuntu.
You just cannot use keyboard on desktop icons (I'm not kidding).
This has been reported here.
The workaround is described here.
- Remove gnome-desktop-icons
- Install nemo
- Make nemo handle desktop icons
Can confirm that issue has been fixed in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/focal-updates,focal-updates,now 20.04.0-2~ubuntu20.04.1
This is available via the proposed apt channel. Here's how to enable it.
After enabling it, you install the package by doing the regular apt update && apt upgrade