How 'EMPTY TRASH'?  I know the 'keybord shortcut'. Isn't there a E-Z pulldown way?

HOW EMPTY TRASH?
I would just like to know an easy way to pull down something from the screen top and empty my trash.
I only know 2 ways to EMPTY TRASH in Snow Leopard:
1)  I know the KEYBOARD SHORTCUT for EMPTY TRASH.
& I know how to do it this way:
2) OPEN TRASH BASKET.   Then go to top of screen to PULL down APPLE's  'HELP'  & TYPE 'EMPTY TRASH' :  then click on "EMPTY TRASH" when it appears as the answer (It won't give me the darn answer! it just does it when i click for it to give me the answer!).  This empties the trash.
& PS: WHAT is the other selection in Apple 'HELP' when i type 'Empty Trash' it also offers this: 'SECURE EMPTY TRASH"?
I even went to 'Mac Basics' but apparently my question is just to basic for them to show an obvious answer.
Thanks.

thelnukus wrote:
What is the difference between 'Empty Trash' and 'Secure Empty Trash'  ??
For "Secure Empty Trash" read: OS X Mountain Lion: Prevent deleted files from being read
"When you delete files, the disk space that the files occupied is available for use. However, until that section of the disk is overwritten with new data, the information from the file is still on the disk and can be retrieved by programs that read raw data.
If you want to delete files that contain sensitive information, you can place them in the Trash, and then use Secure Empty Trash to overwrite the information so it is completely removed.
Drag the items into the Trash, and then choose Finder > Secure Empty Trash.
Using Secure Empty Trash takes a bit longer than simply emptying the Trash.
If you are using disk encryption, you can set it to automatically overwrite your deleted files.
If you want to erase a hard disk and be sure no information is left, you can use one of the secure erase options in Disk Utilities. For more information on using secure erase, see Disk Utility Help."
Also: OS X Lion: Remove files and folders from your computer

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