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elswerky

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Registered: 2018-05-04

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How to add open in terminal to desktop right click options in xfce4 ??

i want to add open in terminal option to right click options on  desktop of xfce4 desktop

it is available in xfce desktop right click on other distros with xfce4 but don't know how to add it here on arch

any help ?

elswerky

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Registered: 2018-05-04

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Re: How to add open in terminal to desktop right click options in xfce4 ??

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Slithery

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Re: How to add open in terminal to desktop right click options in xfce4 ??

Don't do that...
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Noah_btw

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Registered: 2019-01-28

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Re: How to add open in terminal to desktop right click options in xfce4 ??

Actions configured in the Thunar custom actions menu should, last I checked, appear in the desktop right click options.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Th … om_actions

drcouzelis

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Registered: 2009-11-09

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Re: How to add open in terminal to desktop right click options in xfce4 ??

I have the following in my "~/.config/Thunar/uca.xml" file, which I added by using the GUI mentioned above:

<?xml encoding="UTF-8" version="1.0"?>
<actions>
<action>
	<icon>utilities-terminal</icon>
	<name>Open Terminal Here</name>
	<unique-id>1445398470736613-6</unique-id>
	<command>exo-open --working-directory %f --launch TerminalEmulator</command>
	<description>Example for a custom action</description>
	<patterns>*</patterns>
	<startup-notify/>
	<directories/>
</action>
<action>
	<icon>utilities-terminal</icon>
	<name>Open Terminal Here</name>
	<unique-id>1445398545183882-9</unique-id>
	<command>exo-open --working-directory %d --launch TerminalEmulator</command>
	<description>Open Terminal</description>
	<patterns>*</patterns>
	<startup-notify/>
	<audio-files/>
	<image-files/>
	<other-files/>
	<text-files/>
	<video-files/>
</action>
</actions>

If I remember correctly, there are two entries, one for when I right click on a directory, and one for when I right click on a file.

toz

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Registered: 2011-10-28

Posts: 513

Re: How to add open in terminal to desktop right click options in xfce4 ??

There is currently a mis-match of the thunarx api between the GTK3 build of thunar (1.8.x) and the GTK2 build of xfdesktop (4.12.x), and as such, with this combination, custom actions won't appear on the desktop.

You need to be running the 4.13.x branch of xfdesktop to get them back (this branch has the upgraded thunarx api).