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sudoku

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Registered: 2012-10-31

Posts: 95

Thunar: must select twice before I can ctrl-C or ctrl-X

Hey,

I have a weird little issue bugging me for a long time. Whenever I want to copy/cut a file/folder in Thunar, I have to:

1) select, then
2) deselect, then
3) select again in order to be able to
4) copy or paste.

Is anybody able to give me any hints as to why this might be happening and/or solving it?

Cheers.

sudoku

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Registered: 2012-10-31

Posts: 95

Re: Thunar: must select twice before I can ctrl-C or ctrl-X

Just a quick update: I've tried Nemo and PCManFM. I have the same problem with Nemo, but not with PCManFM.

Does it ring any bells?

WorMzy

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Re: Thunar: must select twice before I can ctrl-C or ctrl-X

pcmanfm uses GTK2, nemo and thunar both use GTK3. What GTK3 theme are you using? Is it up-to-date and does it support the latest version of GTK3? Does switching to whatever theme GTK3 ships with itself fix the problem?

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sudoku

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Registered: 2012-10-31

Posts: 95

Re: Thunar: must select twice before I can ctrl-C or ctrl-X

I don't think that's the issue. In fact, I have no issue with pcmanfm-gtk3.

The theme I use is XFCE Evolution, downloaded just a few days ago, but I have the same issue if I use Adwaita.

Last edited by sudoku (2019-02-02 18:36:56)