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Thunar does not refresh when deleting a directory or file on the local filesystem

Version information

On Arch Linux bug observed with thunar 4.20.4-1

Steps to reproduce

  1. Navigate to a directory on the local filesystem (ext4 or btrfs) within thunar
  2. Highlight a dir or file and hit either DEL or SHIFT+DEL to delete it

Current behavior

The view of thunar is not updated despite the delete operation working. The file or dir you deleted is still there until you refresh with F5.

Expected outcome

Thunar should update to show that the dir or file has been removed without the need to manually refresh it.

Additional information