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gerardx

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Registered: 2020-07-13

Posts: 5

Open thunar from web browser?

I'm try to add an x-schema-handler to /usr/share/applications/defaults.list that will open a directory in thunar.

I tried x-scheme-handler/thunar=thunar.desktop, which seems to open thunar if I enter thunar:/tmp in my browser, but it always goes to my desktop.

Is there a way to do this without writing a custom app?

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,000

Re: Open thunar from web browser?

If you want to open thunar in a specific folder from the command line, you would run:

thunar /tmp

...or to be file manager agnostic:

xdg-open /tmp

...or to use Xfce's exo utility:

exo-open --launch FileManager /tmp

Or, to use dbus (as most web browsers do):

dbus-send --session \
          --print-reply \
          --dest=org.freedesktop.FileManager1 \
          /org/freedesktop/FileManager1 \
          org.freedesktop.FileManager1.ShowFolders \
          array:string:"file:/tmp" string:""

If the preceding command doesn't open in thunar, then you have a conflict and some other program has claimed control of the org.freedesktop.FileManager1 interface (which would explain why thunar isn't being opened from the web browser).

Questions:

1. Which file manager is opening from the web browser?

2. Which web browser are you using?

3. Which distro and version of thunar are you using?

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gerardx

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Registered: 2020-07-13

Posts: 5

Re: Open thunar from web browser?

Thanks. The dbus-send worked, which led me to figuring out I just had the URI syntax wrong. (I was using file:// instead of file:/// )