Thunar needs a "Find in this folder" action

[Vincent]

Binary package hint: xubuntu-default-settings

An obvious thing to do, with Thunar and Catfish installed, is to add a custom action that allows one to search for files in the currently visible or selected folder. It's fairly trivial to add this [1], too, while it would provide a nice addition and more integration in Xubuntu.

[1] Just add the following to ~/.config/Thunar/uca.xml, before </actions>:

<action><icon>filefind</icon><name>Find in this folder</name><command>catfish --path=%f</command><description>Search for files within this folder</description><patterns>*</patterns><directories/></action>

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

I can confirm this would be good to have. I don´t know how easy it is to implement, since ~/.config/Thunar/uca.xml does not exist by default. It is not present on the Xubuntu 8.10 LiveCD and it is not present in my own installation of Xubuntu 8.10. Perhaps there is a system wide file it could be placed in. Alternatively, could the file be created in /etc/skel and copied to /home/$USER during installation similar to ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc, and ~/.bash_logout are created.

[Gauvain Pocentek (gpocentek)]

/etc/xdg/Thunar/uca.xml is the system wide config file.

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

This could be added in /etc/xdg/xubuntu/Thunar/uca.xml in xubuntu-default-settings. There is still a problem though: this won't be translated. :/

[Vincent (vinnl)]

Isn't that also the case for "Open Terminal Here"? (Which is a custom action that *is* included by default)

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

No, custom actions included by default in Thunar are translated. A possible solution is to do the same (i.e. use gettext) in xubuntu-default-settings.

[Denis Rut'kov (dendron2000)]

It it possible to integrate the search in Thunar? Launching a separate application from _file_ manager to search for _files_ looks stupid to me.

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Done in lp:~mrpouit/xubuntu-default-settings/translatable-launchers. I've uploaded the POT file on https://translations.launchpad.net/xubuntu-default-settings. As soon as it's accepted, it should be available for translation.

It's too late for jaunty anyway, and it required a lot of changes to xubuntu-default-settings, so we'll see for karmic.

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Ready for translations: https://translations.launchpad.net/xubuntu-default-settings/jaunty/+pots/thunar-uca

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Uploaded to karmic. The correct url for translations is now <https://translations.launchpad.net/xubuntu-default-settings/trunk/+pots/thunar-uca> (I've merged the one already translated from jaunty).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package xubuntu-default-settings - 0.57

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xubuntu-default-settings (0.57) karmic; urgency=low

  * Fix "[Xubuntu only] Non-translatable labels and launchers" (LP: #163206):
    - etc/xdg/xubuntu/xfce4/panel:
      + generate rc files which have translatable strings from rc.in ones
      + po/*: added (po files fetched on 2009-05-16 from Rosetta).
  * Fix "Thunar needs a "Find in this folder" action" (LP: #291622):
    - etc/xdg/xubuntu/Thunar:
      + generate uca.xml from uca.xml.in to have it translated
      + po/*: added (po files fetched on 2009-05-16 from Rosetta).
  * Makefile: added (useful to generate rc files without cluttering
    debian/rules file).
  * debian/rules: call $(MAKE) once instead of multiple dh_install.
  * debian/control:
    - bump debhelper dependency to >= 7 for dh_prep
    - build-depend on intltool.

 -- Lionel Le Folgoc <email address hidden> Sat, 16 May 2009 22:36:02 +0200