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fixit77

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I can not go to the current directory using my custom actions

I made some changes to my Thunar's custom actions.

Now I can not go to a terminal for the current directory.

Can someone help me ?

Thanks.

ToZ

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Re: I can not go to the current directory using my custom actions

Hello and welcome.

Can you provide more information? Please post the contents of the thunar action, what changes you made, and what you are expecting the custom action will do?

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fixit77

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Re: I can not go to the current directory using my custom actions

Hello and welcome.

Can you provide more information? Please post the contents of the thunar action, what changes you made, and what you are expecting the custom action will do?

I would like it to go to the directory that is highlighted in Thunar which is my file manager.

exo-open --working-directory %f --launch TerminalEmulator

eriefisher

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Re: I can not go to the current directory using my custom actions

%f is a file not a directory. Your asking Thunar to go to a file and open a terminal. Not sure of the goal here but try %d.

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ToZ

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Re: I can not go to the current directory using my custom actions

exo-open --working-directory %f --launch TerminalEmulator

This is the "Open Terminal Here" default custom action and should work.

Make sure that on the Appearance Conditions tab of that custom action that "Directories" is selected and File Pattern is set to "*"

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fixit77

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Re: I can not go to the current directory using my custom actions

exo-open --working-directory %d --launch TerminalEmulator

https://imgur.com/a/sivCIVZ

Last edited by fixit77 (2025-06-18 14:58:01)

ToZ

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Re: I can not go to the current directory using my custom actions

Can you post the contents of your ~/.config/Thunar/uca.xml?

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