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fwkb

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Registered: 2014-08-16

Posts: 1

"Open selected file with Geany" keyboard shortcut?

Hello,

I would like to be able to hit a keyboard combo to open the file that is currently selected in Thunar with a specific app, e.g. Geany.

I understand how to make a right-click shortcut for Thunar, and I can so Shift+F10 to access the right-click menu, then use the arrow keys to hit the shortcut there, but I am hoping for something slicker/fewer keystrokes. 

I know the basics of how to create a shortcut in Settings Manager > Keyboard >Application Shortcuts, but I can't seem to figure out if it is possible to somehow pick up the currently selected file and let a shortcut there use it.

Xubuntu 14.04, Thunar 1.6.3

Any ideas? Thanks!

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,494

Re: "Open selected file with Geany" keyboard shortcut?

You could create a custom action to open any file with Geany, then assign that custom action a menu accelerator. See: http://docs.xfce.org/faq.

Just tried it here and it works. Note: you need to assign the menu accelerator shortcut from the File menu and not from the right-click menu.

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