[Thunar-dev] show "paste" when opening the context menu on a file

[Benedikt Meurer]

Björn Martensen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> imagine a folder full of files, so there is now whitespace below it
> (detailed list view).
> You have no chance of pasting the file there by only using the mouse
> (ok, you could use the "Edit" menu, which shows paste enabled when
> opening the context menu on files, but that's an extra mouse movement),
> because paste only shows up, when you open the context menu over
> whitespace or folders. Paste should be shown even when opening the
> context menu on a file.
> 
> Perhaps even when opening the menu on a folder. Currently it's only
> possible to paste the file into the selected folder, but how about a
> folder filled with folders, so that there is now whitespace below them,
> but you want to paste the file into that folder, not the selected
> subfolder. At the moment you have to use either the "Edit" menu, or
> switch to the parental folder and paste it into the subfolder you just
> came from.

Ehm, no, the file context menu presents actions that can be performed
for the selected file(s). Adding "Paste" there is really confusing, as
people would expect that it pastes the clipboard content into the file.

You can however patch the thunar-standard-view-ui.xml file for yourself
and add <menuitem action="paste" /> to the file-context-menu (you'll
need to recompile Thunar afterwards).

> greets,
> Björn

Benedikt