Add "Paste Shortcut" to Nautilus context menus
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Nautilus |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
nautilus (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
In Windows, you can right-click the file and drag it with the right mouse button clicked, which will then give you a context menu to "Move File", "Copy File", or "Paste Shortcut". Alternatively, you can "Copy" the file and then right-click in the destination folder and select either "Paste" or "Paste Shortcut".
The process in Nautilus is awkward. You have to select "Make Link" in the source file, find the link, and then move it to the destination folder. I usually don't bother and just make a symbolic link in the command line (I type "ln -s" and then drag the file I want to link to into the gnome-terminal window. This inserts the absolute path of the file.) However, for Windows users who are afraid of the command line, this is not an easy alternative.
Recommendation:
Enable a context-menu when you right click and drag a file from one folder to another
--or--
Enable "Paste Shortcut" after you have copied a file.
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
summary: |
- No way to "Paste Shortcut" in Nautilus + Add "Paste Shortcut" to Nautilus context menus |
Changed in nautilus: | |
status: | Unknown → Incomplete |
Changed in nautilus: | |
importance: | Unknown → Wishlist |
Changed in nautilus: | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
Changed in nautilus: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Hello John,
Thank you for taking the time to report this. It appears that this functionality can be forwarded upstream as a "Enhancement". If you have the time, please forward it and add a link here. Let me know if you require any help with that. Thank you again.