custom action doesnt show when selecting multiple files in thunar

farhadmax69 · 2021-01-12 16:30:29

hey guys,
the title says every thing.
I have created a custom action in thunar and that is shown when selecting a single file in thunar,
However, when I select multiple files in thunar, I dont see my custom action. What should I do?

ToZ · 2021-01-12 17:45:06

farhadmax69 wrote:

hey guys,
the title says every thing.
I have created a custom action in thunar and that is shown when selecting a single file in thunar,
However, when I select multiple files in thunar, I dont see my custom action. What should I do?

You need to specify a parameter to signify that you want to deal with multiple files:
- %F = the paths to all selected files and directories
- %D = the directories of all selected items
- %N = the filenames of all selected items
See https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/custom-actions

What exactly are your custom action commands and properties?

farhadmax69 · 2021-01-12 19:26:19

I have created example1.sh in my home directory and it's content is like this :

#!/bin/bash
echo "First arg: $1"
echo "Second arg: $2"
read

I want to echo the selected file names in terminal.

here is the custom action command ( but it doesnt work):

xfce4-terminal -e /home/farhad/example1.sh %N

ToZ · 2021-01-13 00:16:07

use "-x instead:

xfce4-terminal -x /home/farhad/example1.sh %N

...or enclose in quotes after -e:

xfce4-terminal -e "/home/farhad/example1.sh %N"

farhadmax69 · 2021-01-13 12:55:28

Thanks, now I have another issue.

I've written an application in java. this is the custom action I've created xfce4-terminal -H -x java -jar /home/farhad/Desktop/duration.jar %F

(duration.jar calculates the duration of video files)

This works for files which are in my home directory, but it doesn't work on files which are on my desktop.

for example, I have a file.mp4 on my desktop and I want to calculate its duration but I get error below.

Error: Unable to access jarfile /home/farhad/Desktop/duration.jar 'file.mp4'

ToZ · 2021-01-13 13:28:51

Its hard for me to confirm this without knowing more about the jar file, but the error message is odd (especially since it works through thunar).

Running something similar here:

xfce4-terminal -H -x /usr/bin/vi %F

...works fine.

What version of Xfce, thunar and xfdesktop are you running?

farhadmax69 · 2021-01-13 14:37:53

for unknown reason thunar didn't applied custom action settings correctly, I loged out and then logen in to my account and now It works fine. Thanks

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custom action doesnt show when selecting multiple files in thunar

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Re: custom action doesnt show when selecting multiple files in thunar

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