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jayache80

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Registered: 2015-11-19

Posts: 23

PCManFM on LXDE, alt+Return for file properties not working

When I have a PCManFM window open to browse files, pressing alt+enter to view file properties does nothing for me.

However, if I select an icon on the DESKTOP, alt+enter does work! Of course, most of the files I browse are in a file manager window, so this is driving me nuts.

Anyone else experience this, or know a fix?

Ziusudra

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Registered: 2014-04-19

Posts: 120

Re: PCManFM on LXDE, alt+Return for file properties not working

Works fine here.

Are you using the default WM openbox?

All I can think is maybe openbox (or something) is getting the key press event and not passing it on.

Check the configs in /etc/xdg/openbox/ and ~/.config/openbox/ for any bindings for that key combo.

jayache80

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Registered: 2015-11-19

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Re: PCManFM on LXDE, alt+Return for file properties not working

Thanks for replying. Yes, I am using the default openbox as a WM. I added a good amount keyboard shortcuts to ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml
So, what I did was make a copy of it elsewhere, and delete that file completely, and then reboot. alt+enter still doesn't work in a window. It wonly works for files on the desktop.

Perhaps another config file somewhere that I'm forgetting about?

Ziusudra

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Registered: 2014-04-19

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Re: PCManFM on LXDE, alt+Return for file properties not working

Looks like there was an 3 years old upstream bug: http://sourceforge.net/p/pcmanfm/bugs/373/

What version of PCManFM do you have? (About window or 'pacman -Qs pcmanfm')

Maybe they've had a regression.

jayache80

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Registered: 2015-11-19

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Re: PCManFM on LXDE, alt+Return for file properties not working

Interesting. I'm using PCmanFM 1.2.3-1 which is latest (2014 though). If it works for you, it must be some strange combination of settings on my computer, somewhere, that is stealing my alt+enter away from pcmanfm   alt+enter works fine in thunar, but I like PCManFM better.

Last edited by jayache80 (2016-02-06 05:58:08)

Ziusudra

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Registered: 2014-04-19

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Re: PCManFM on LXDE, alt+Return for file properties not working

Can you find anything relevant in any logfiles?

Otherwise, it's probably time to report a bug, I think a new upstream bug. (I don't think posting to that old bug would be a good idea. I'd mention the old one and if they want they can close the new one and open the old one.)

jayache80

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Registered: 2015-11-19

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Re: PCManFM on LXDE, alt+Return for file properties not working

I grep'd /var/log and didn't find anything relating to pcmanfm (other than it segfaulted once a while ago, and it was installed by pacman). I have a few other desktop environments, so I tested pcmanfm's functionality in them (cinnamon, xfce, and pure openbox) and alt+enter failed on all of them. I have a virtual machine running a debian linux, and installed pcmanfm there: alt+enter worked fine there, and made me notice that alt+left arrow for 'back' and alt+right arrow for 'forward' work on debian, but not for me on arch.

I believe this alt+left/right arrow keys and alt+enter failing are related. I can't seem to find any one else who has a problem with alt+enter, but I found that many people don't have alt+left/right arrow keys for back and forward. (I do, however, have alt+up for 'up one directory').

I've never reported a bug before, but if it's convincing that this is indeed one, I'll go ahead and do that.

Thanks for your help