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« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2015, 04:59:09 AM »
 

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Re: Right-click Searching in Thunar (by Defining a Custom Action)
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Just found that this is a duplicate tutorial, the other one is here:   https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/index.php?topic=1227.0
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Search for files and folders

To use this action you need to have catfish installed.
In Thunar click Edit -> Configure custom actions, when the pop up window appears click the plus sign on the right side of the window and fill in the corresponding field with the information given below.

Name         Command                    File patterns           Appears if selection contains
Search       catfish --path=%f       *                        Directories

This information comes from:  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/thunar#Search_for_files_and_folders
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