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xfce:thunar:working-with-files-and-folders [2012/01/30 13:05] – created nick | xfce:thunar:working-with-files-and-folders [2015/05/15 20:34] – [Executing Non-Default Actions] hjudt | ||
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===== Opening Files ===== | ===== Opening Files ===== | ||
- | When you open a file, the file manager performs the default action for that file type. For example, opening a text file will display it in the default text editor, while opening an image file will display the image in the default image viewer. | + | <note warning> |
- | The file manager checks the extension of a file to determine | + | When opening |
- | Executing the Default Action | + | |
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- | To execute | + | |
You can set //Thunar// preferences so that you click once on a file to execute the default action. For information, | You can set //Thunar// preferences so that you click once on a file to execute the default action. For information, | ||
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==== Executing Non-Default Actions ==== | ==== Executing Non-Default Actions ==== | ||
- | To execute actions other than the default action for a file, select the file that you want to perform an action on. Choose the desired action from the //Open With// choices available in {gui> | + | To execute actions other than the default action for a file, select the file that you want to perform an action on. Choose the desired action from the //Open With// choices available in {gui> |
==== Adding Actions ==== | ==== Adding Actions ==== | ||
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The action you have chosen is now added to the list of actions for that particular file type. If you enabled the {gui>Use as default for this kind of file} option or there was no prior action associated with the type, the newly added action is the default. | The action you have chosen is now added to the list of actions for that particular file type. If you enabled the {gui>Use as default for this kind of file} option or there was no prior action associated with the type, the newly added action is the default. | ||
- | You may also add actions using the Open With button under {key> | + | You may also add actions using the Open With button under {gui> |
==== Modifying Actions ==== | ==== Modifying Actions ==== | ||
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To open the file properties window, perform the following steps: | To open the file properties window, perform the following steps: | ||
- | * Select the file or folder | + | * Select the file or folder |
* Do one of the following: | * Do one of the following: | ||
- Choose {gui> | - Choose {gui> | ||
- Right-click the selected item and choose {gui> | - Right-click the selected item and choose {gui> | ||
- Press {key> | - Press {key> | ||
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+ | If there are no files or folders selected, right-clicking anywhere on the whitespace or performing any of the other actions listed above will present the context menu of the current folder that you are viewing. | ||
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+ | In the details view, accessing the context menu of the folder works similar, with a few exceptions. As in the other views, you can click somewhere on the whitespace if it is available, that is the view is not full of files. Alternatively, | ||
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+ | ===== Selecting Files ===== | ||
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+ | There are various ways to select files in thunar. | ||
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+ | To select a single file, you can simply click on it with the left mouse button. You can select multiple single files by holding down the control key and clicking on the files, or hold down the shift key to select a range of files. Also, with the mouse you can click somewhere in the whitespace and drag a selection box over the desired files. | ||
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+ | The details view is special in this regard because it does not support starting the selection from whitespace, only from existing rows. That's due to the way the GtkTreeView widget works that is used for the implementation of this view. To compensate for this, it allows dragging files only by clicking on the " | ||
+ | To put it in a nutshell: If you want to drag or select single files with the mouse click on their names, and if you want to select multiple files with the mouse, start the selection by clicking on and dragging over any of the other columns. | ||
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+ | You can also select files by providing a pattern with the keyboard shortcut Control+s or from the main menu {gui> | ||
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+ | If you want to find a single file and know the start of the filename, simply start entering the filename in the view. A text box will appear in the bottom-right corner, and if the file exists the view will scroll to it, selecting the file. | ||
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+ | Other options are " |