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MNS1968

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From: Sceapig, England.

Registered: 2023-02-22

Posts: 35

Thunar - Custom Actions ... 'copy to' and 'move to'

Greetings all.

I've been looking for the commands to add 'copy to' and 'move to' to my custom actions in Thunar but not found any answers online.

Originally, I did think it might be something like

cp -r %F

...but this doesn't seem to work.

Thoughts anyone?

M.

gogogadget

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From: EU

Registered: 2023-03-19

Posts: 60

Re: Thunar - Custom Actions ... 'copy to' and 'move to'

Hello,

It won't work, because you need a source directory and a destination directory and a custom action can't use both.

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daffyduck

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Registered: 2026-06-25

Posts: 57

Re: Thunar - Custom Actions ... 'copy to' and 'move to'

Greetings all.
I've been looking for the commands to add 'copy to' and 'move to' to my custom actions in Thunar but not found any answers online.

If you feel adventurous and you want to use the keyboard more, and the mouse less:

• install Double Commander (usually available as your distribution's package named "doublecmd").

It looks terrible out of the box, and to fix the looks you'll have to configure it, which is a pain.

In Double Commander,

• "copy to" is key F5, and

• "move to" is key F6,

the same as in all dual-pane file managers.

Double Commander:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Commander
Dual-pane file managers:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_mana … e_managers

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ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: Thunar - Custom Actions ... 'copy to' and 'move to'

Also have read through https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=15776

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MNS1968

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From: Sceapig, England.

Registered: 2023-02-22

Posts: 35

Re: Thunar - Custom Actions ... 'copy to' and 'move to'

OK, thanks all, just a thought.