"Make Link" operation missing from context menu

[Khurshid Alam]

In Nautilus 3.15.x create symbolic links ("make link") was removed from the context menu (not sure why?). The alternate method with middle-click/drag does not work with mouse-less device (laptops/netbooks) and the other alternate method, which involves mouse, keyboard and three fingers simultaneously, is very inconvenient for normal users and has bugs.

And It doesn't look like upstream is keen to get back this option very soon. For LTS, its a major regression and Ubuntu should patch it until they do.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=745575

[Khurshid Alam (khurshid-alam)]

Well, lucky me!. After my comment on Bugzilla they pushed a patch which adds an option in the context menu.

https://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus/commit/?id=0eef08686f520caf3700bff4f9b371fa780dba88
and
https://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus/commit/?id=2dec1b3f2d9003b05eb1656967e50b0337cf6808

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

extra commits on the topic
https://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus/commit/?id=37053e77234ea3070e5db14510c6d7108d2af483
https://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus/commit/?id=a3a7ac81b77fd65b8d3902aea8e00d2da4ad9f6c

[Clinton H (49studebaker)]

This option is missing from Nautilus 1:3.34.1-1ubuntu1. Ubuntu 19.10.

Add a "Create Link/Remove Link" to the right click menu. If a user selects a file and then clicks "Create Link", a file dialog popup would appear. A user could then select a destination for the link.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The issue there was resolved, if it's back in newer version best to open a new fresh report describing the problem as it exists today