Confirmation message when deleting items in the media manager

Question

I would like to have a confirmation message when I delete the items the media manager. For now, to delete an image, I just have to click on the top-right cross and the image is gone: if I make a mistake, well too bad! I looked into the media manager options but I couldn't see anything such as what I am looking for.

How could I get a confirmation message or a popup that will ask for a confirmation before deleting the item?

Thanks a lot for your help!

Answer 1

You can add a few lines of jQuery to your admin template (or add it using a plugin that fires only for the admin area):

jQuery("a.delete-item").on('click', function(e){
    if (confirm("Do you want to delete this image?") != true) {
        e.preventDefault();
    }
});

That will catch the click on the delete button X and display a dialog box.

Edit:
The media files are displayed using an Iframe, which in turn is loaded using the &tmpl=component parameter. The code above must therefore be added to the file administrator\templates\YOURADMINTEMPLATE\component.php (inside a <script> tag).

That should work :)