But I can't figure out how to find the answer via Search. How do I use the underlined right-mouse-button shortcuts in Thunar? For example, the Rename function has an underlined shortcut of "R", but using lower or upper-case R just opens up what looks like a search field in the bottom of the pane. Ditto for Properties, etc. I have searched for tips on using Thunar in general but still haven't found this, so I must be looking in the wrong place or using the wrong search terms.
Thanks!
I looked all over the place yesterday and can't find any explanation at all of these underlined apparent shortcuts. What is their purpose? Some examples:
Open with [whatever]
Cut
Copy
Move to Trash
Delete
Rename
Create archive
Properties
(01-01-2020, 04:55 PM)Tyrannocaster link Wrote: [ -> ]But I can't figure out how to find the answer via Search. How do I use the underlined right-mouse-button shortcuts in Thunar? For example, the Rename function has an underlined shortcut of "R", but using lower or upper-case R just opens up what looks like a search field in the bottom of the pane. Ditto for Properties, etc. I have searched for tips on using Thunar in general but still haven't found this, so I must be looking in the wrong place or using the wrong search terms.
Thanks!
Have you checked here
https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/start ? Also, a youtube search provides quite a few
results.
Last but not least, visit the xfce
forum read their
wiki and their
blog
Hope this helps!
(01-02-2020, 02:37 PM)Tyrannocaster link Wrote: [ -> ]I looked all over the place yesterday and can't find any explanation at all of these underlined apparent shortcuts. What is their purpose? Some examples:
Open with [whatever]
Cut
Copy
Move to Trash
Delete
Rename
Create archive
Properties
Long ago in a galaxy far far away mice were small furry rodents that squeaked and ran around a lot.
This meant that there had to be a way for computer users to access menus and do things. This was done using key combinations with varieties of Ctrl + key or Alt + key.
The relevant key was and is displayed with and underscore. Hence copy and paste are Ctlr+c and Ctrl+v. Strl+s is usually Save, Ctrl+p is usually Print ....... etc.
The Alt + key functions are for grander operations such as closing an app or window with Alt+f4.
(01-03-2020, 06:58 AM)robinc link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Tyrannocaster link=topic=6968.msg50206#msg50206 date=1577975850]
I looked all over the place yesterday and can't find any explanation at all of these underlined apparent shortcuts. What is their purpose? Some examples:
Open with [whatever]
Cut
Copy
Move to Trash
Delete
Rename
Create archive
Properties
Long ago in a galaxy far far away mice were small furry rodents that squeaked and ran around a lot.
This meant that there had to be a way for computer users to access menus and do things. This was done using key combinations with varieties of Ctrl + key or Alt + key.
The relevant key was and is displayed with and underscore. Hence copy and paste are Ctlr+c and Ctrl+v. Strl+s is usually Save, Ctrl+p is usually Print ....... etc.
The Alt + key functions are for grander operations such as closing an app or window with Alt+f4.
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These underlined letters appear to be meaningless; perhaps they are vestigial, as you say. if so, why are they there? There is no shortcut key that when pressed with P will open the Properties window. R will not rename a file no matter what ctrl key you try it with. All of these underlined examples were taken from the menu you get when you right click a file. The standard Linux key combos ARE listed in the regular menus, but those are different.
(01-02-2020, 06:43 PM)Moltke link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Tyrannocaster link=topic=6968.msg50180#msg50180 date=1577897728]
But I can't figure out how to find the answer via Search. How do I use the underlined right-mouse-button shortcuts in Thunar? For example, the Rename function has an underlined shortcut of "R", but using lower or upper-case R just opens up what looks like a search field in the bottom of the pane. Ditto for Properties, etc. I have searched for tips on using Thunar in general but still haven't found this, so I must be looking in the wrong place or using the wrong search terms.
Thanks!
Have you checked here
https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/start ? Also, a youtube search provides quite a few
results.
Last but not least, visit the xfce
forum read their
wiki and their
blog
Hope this helps!
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Yes, I did look there (in both places). I didn't find the answer; I thought maybe somebody might know. I can try YouTube, though.
(01-03-2020, 02:45 PM)DeepThought link Wrote: [ -> ][member=8136]Tyrannocaster[/member]
Have you tried this:
https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-assign-a...enu-items/
Hope this helps
Sorry for the late reply; I didn't see this until now. Thanks for the response. I don't have any trouble creating custom actions, I'm just wondering why, if the underlined shortcuts don't work, they are included in the release.
Thank you! That does work, at least for the items that give shortcuts, so it's worthwhile. Not all of the options show up, though; for example, the Properties item does not. In other words, the options available when using the Alt+E are different from what you get when you simply right-click a file. In the latter case, the underlining still seems non-functional to me.
But what you pointed out is still useful. Thanks again.