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- ====== Custom actions ======
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- Thunar allows users to add custom actions to the file and folder context menus (by the use of the ''thunar-uca'' plugin, part of the Thunar distribution, in the ''plugins/'' subdirectory). You can setup new actions in the **Custom Actions** dialog, available via the **Configure custom actions...** item in the **Edit** menu.
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- {{ documentation:thunar-custom-actions.png }}
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- This page serves as an introduction to the **Custom Actions** plugin, and includes a list of useful [[documentation:custom_actions#examples|Examples]].
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- ===== Adding a custom action =====
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- This section provides a step-by-step introduction to the **Custom Actions** plugin, demonstrating how to add a **Print File** action, which uses xfprint to print text files. We start by opening the **Custom Actions** dialog as explained above. In the dialog, click on the first button in the list of buttons (the one labeled with the ''+''). The **Create Action** dialog will appear, as shown in the screenshot below.
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- On the first page, enter ''Print File'' as name and ''Print the selected using xfprint'' as description. Enter ''xfprint4 %f'' as command (the ''%f'' will be replaced with the path to the selected file, as explained in the dialog), and select an icon for the icon (in the screenshot the ''xfprint.svg'' icon was used).
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- Now, continue with the second page (the **Appearance Conditions** page).
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- We want to create an action that is only applicable to text files, so select the **Text Files** options and unselect the options for the other file types. Next you can specify a **File Pattern** to display the action only for text files that match a certain pattern. In the example, we set the file pattern to ''*'' (which matches all filenames) to indicate that the action should be displayed for all text files.
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- That's all. Click **OK** to close the **Create Action** dialog. The new action, labeled **Print File** will appear in the **Custom Actions** list.
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- Now close the **Custom Actions** dialog, select a text file in Thunar and open the context menu (right-click on the file icon). The newly created **Print File** action will appear in the context menu, as shown in the screenshot below.
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- You can use the [[http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/start#mailinglist|thunar-dev mailinglist]] to get in touch with the developers, if you have questions about this short tutorial or custom actions in general.
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- ===== Examples =====
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- Here are a few useful examples of custom actions, feel free to extend this list.
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- ==== working with archives (tar, gzip, etc) ====
- * Name: Extract here (bzip2)
- * Command: tar xjf %n
- * File pattern: *.tar.bz2;*.tbz2
- * Appears if selection contains: Other Files
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- * Name: Extract here (zip)
- * Command: unzip %f
- * File pattern: *.zip
- * Appears if selection contains: Other Files
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- * Name: Create tar.gz from folder
- * Command: tar czvf %n.tar.gz %n
- * File pattern: *
- * Appears if selection contains: folders
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- ==== Play music ====
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- * Name: Play with XMMS
- * Command: xmms %F
- * File pattern: *
- * Appears if selection contains: Directories, Audio Files
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- * Name: Enqueue in XMMS
- * Command: xmms -e %F
- * File pattern: *
- * Appears if selection contains: Directories, Audio Files
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- ==== Burn ====
- * Name: Burn with K3B
- * Command: k3b --cdimage %f
- * File pattern: *.iso
- * Appears if selection contains: Other Files
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- ==== View images ====
- * Name: View with GQview
- * Command: gqview %f
- * File pattern: *
- * Appears if selection contains: Directories, Image Files
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- ==== Convert PNGs to JPEGs ====
- * Name: To JPEG
- * Command: convert %f -quality 75 %f.jpg
- * File pattern: *.png
- * Appears if selection contains: Image Files
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- ==== Open a terminal ====
- * Name: Open in a terminal
- * Command: terminal --default-working-directory=%d
- * File pattern: *
- * Appears if selection contains: Directories
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- ==== Create a symbolic link ====
- * Name: Create symlink
- * Command: ln -s %f "%n (symlink)"
- * File pattern: *
- * Appears if selection contains: Directories, other files
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==== View the disk usage of the current directory ====
* Name: Disk Usage
* Command: baobab %d
* File pattern: *
* Appears if selection contains: Directories and Other Files
Note: The idea is to get a visual picture of the current directory and any subdirectories. You could also use fsview or filelight, but the visuals are crisper in baobab.
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