Questions tagged [thunar]
A modern file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment.
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Create new "Properties" Custom-Action
I use the "Properties" option a lot for file information and it annoys me that it's right at the bottom of the Right-Click menu. I know how to create 'Custom-Actions' and that they can be ...
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Thunar custom actions - how to import selections into zsh script
Xubuntu 22.04 Thunar 4.16
I am working on a script that works similarly to detox but does not require root privileges as it will only be allowed to operate on files or folders in the user's home ...
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Thunar warning content type loading failed
I'm running a bash script that collates and organises files before turning it into a zip. When I run the script, multiple Thunar 'warnings' and 'critials' pop that I have a hard time figuring out what ...
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gThumb won't open from its own .desktop file nor from thunar, xdg-open is ok
gThumb doesn't start when launched from Thunar (right click, open with, gThumb).
I also can't run it with dex /user/local/share/application/org.gnome.gThumb.desktop.
In both cases nothing happens, no ...
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Debian, Xfce: Volumes mounted by Thunar unmounted after suspend, "file exists" when trying to mount them again with Thunar
I've just reinstalled my Linux desktop, and now have a problem that I haven't experienced on Ubuntu Xfce:
If I mount a volume, suspend the computer and then wake it up, volumes that were mounted ...
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What backend does the Xfce file manager Thunar use when copying files?
Which utility does Thunar use when copying files? Rsync, cp?
How can I find out?
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thunar custom action to print selected file path and simulate enter key press
I have a file zx-script.mjs
I need to write a thunar custom action that opens the terminal or konsole in the current directory, prints ./zx-script.mjs and emulates the enter key to run the script. How ...
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How to make Thunar mount a drive with exec option enabled?
I have a Linux executable placed on a FAT32 flashdrive. But, whenever I clicked the exe on Thunar, it doesn't get started. Instead, Thunar opens up the "Open With" dialog. From searching, I ...
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Browser download location file manager is not using system default file manager
As a bit of background, I'm using Arch Linux with i3 as my window manager and I recently stopped using Nautilus as my default file manager and started using Thunar. The browser I'm using is Brave and ...
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How to partially hide big file names in Thunar?
Is it possible to hide filenames that are too big in Thunar? As for now, they stretch the row to fit their names, like in the image:
It not only wastes too much space, but also makes harder to ...
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Escape %d for pdfseparate in a thunar custom action
I want to create a thunar custom action that lets me right-click a PDF and then select "split PDF" to split it into individual pages. The command to do this is:
$ pdfseparate mypdf.pdf ...
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chattr +i does not work as a thunar custom action
This Thunar custom action is not working when used in 20.04. It works in 18.04?
sudo chattr -f +i %f
This does not work either.
pkexec chattr -f +i %f
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Questions about mounting
Thunar mounts usb drive automatically in '/run/media/user/some random number'.
How can i mount it in the same way in the terminal, instead of specifying mount location?
Why doesn't thunar require ...
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No such file using thunar
This is really frustrating.
The directory exists.
andy@7 /media/andy/5b4b2ae5-9aaa-4559-9f41-afb313998c75/home/andy/bin>
How do I fix this?
cd: /media/andy/5b4b2ae5-9aaa-4559-9f41-afb313998c75/...
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Do I have to lock dependencies when locking Thunar at current version?
For the purpose of this problem I have decided to lock Thunar to current version in Muon.
My goal is that Thunar stays as it is and its configuration files that it owns in /usr/share/dbus-1/services/ ...
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