[Thunar] Copy from one window to another and rename target

Silvio Knizek killermoehre at gmx.net
Thu Jul 8 15:08:26 CEST 2021


Am Donnerstag, dem 08.07.2021 um 10:55 +0200 schrieb Dani:
> Hello:
>
> Thunar
>
> When I copy a file from one window to another with the mouse (drag and
> drop) the focus remains on the initial window.
>
> I would like to know if there is a way for the focus to automatically
> switch to the window where I drop the file (destination window).
>
> The reason is that often right after making the destination copy I want
> to rename the new file by pressing F2 it happens that the focus was on
> the source file window this makes me have to make a second click on the
> window where I dragged the file.
>
> Very thanks.
>
Hi Dani,

you can enable Focus Follows Mouse in the window manager settings
https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/preferences#focus
This would be for every window, but the right Thunar one would be
active.

HTH
Silvio



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