I'd like to be able to utilize such a shortcut without having to actually be in Finder looking at the folder whose contents I want to delete. For example, I could be surfing the 'net and suddenly decide that I want to delete all the contents of my "downloaded pictures" folder, so I just click a shortcut key, or set of keys (Shift+Command+Space bar, or whatever) and the files are moved to the trash.
Thanks.
I'm using OS X 10.6.2.