Have you ever made a script in a project, only later to delete that script or make it obsolete, and replace it with a better script? And if so, have you ever accidentally deleted the wrong thing or discovered afterwards that the old code was perfectly fine while the new code was terrible?

Often times in projects I find myself replacing the code I have made with better and/or more ambitious code, but I often save the replaced code by moving it off to the side. The method to my madness it to avoid the issue presented above in the rhetorical question. Saving replaced code has been useful in the past. For example, in my game Box Generator, one person who viewed the game noticed that my code created boxes not drawn with a vanishing point. I redid much of the code to fix this problem, but I saved the old code. The new code turned out to create more problems then it solved, so I added back in the old code and let players choose what code they wanted to use.

The problem with this habit of mine is that the old code takes up space in the sprites. So today, I suggest a project “trash bin,” similar to the trash section of “My stuff.” Every project would have its own trash bin. Players could place unused code, sprites, backdrops, sounds, etc. in the trash bin and they could take that stuff out of the trash at any time. If they ever needed the trash again the trash would not be lost.

Currently, the “undelete” button doesn't “undelete” more than one thing at a time, and a proper undo button might cause players to loose work. The trash bin is a better solution in my opinion. Additionally, the player could still delete something forever if they didn't want to place it in the trash bin.

Support. This could work by whenever you delete something it would go into the trash bin until that got filled up. Then it would start to replace the oldest objects in it. The trash bin could not save with the project so it would be emptied if you exited the project.

I support

bump #1

Full support! When I accidentally deleted a sprite, i had to crash the browser using task manager before the project could save.

hat_lab wrote:

Full support! When I accidentally deleted a sprite, i had to crash the browser using task manager before the project could save.

That's
really extreme
Support, this will make people who accidentally deleted two costumes not cry because they spent a lot of time on those constumes

I Support! I hate it when i delete something that i worked on hard.

Blockly has this, and it seems like a useful feature to have because losing your sprites, sounds, costumes, and scripts is no fun. It should delete what's in the trash can if you refresh or leave the page, though, to save memory.

Support; I've lost a ton of animation frames in the past when I accidentally clicked the “X” and didn't notice at the time (it's easier than you'd think when you're moving the mouse back and forth and clicking really fast).

gosoccerboy5 wrote:

Blockly

ew

the2000 wrote:

Support; I've lost a ton of animation frames in the past when I accidentally clicked the “X” and didn't notice at the time (it's easier than you'd think when you're moving the mouse back and forth and clicking really fast).

gosoccerboy5 wrote:

Blockly

ew

Hey, I've tried it, it has a working “trash recovery” system. That's all I'm saying.

Hey i found this but also i need projects with unused sprites too
Lets all find it! Add a Unused sprite project or theory here! : https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/30449504