Questions tagged [thunar]

Thunar is a new modern file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment.

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
6 votes
1 answer
529 views

Thunar - Make the drag and drop menu pop up by default

In Thunar if I right-click while dragging a file rather than left-clicking it, a popup menu reminiscent of Dolphin's shows up, (see image below) giving me the option to move, copy, and link to the ...
dylan493's user avatar
  • 106
0 votes
1 answer
258 views

Switched to xubuntu-desktop, nautilus glitches

I've recently switched from unity to xfce4, by installing through the package manager with: sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop Sometimes when using xfce4 desktop a glitch happened where I was ...
Aristu's user avatar
  • 105
3 votes
1 answer
500 views

Desktop folders still open in Nautilus after making Thunar the default file manager

I followed this guide to make Thunar my default file manager: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DefaultFileManager However, double-clicking Desktop folders open them in Nautilus. I guess that's ...
3rik5's user avatar
  • 31
2 votes
1 answer
1k views

Search for files and copy them to another folder (Thunar)

I know it sounds like a stupid question, but really, how do I search for files (for instance, I want to find all files that have "python" in the name) in a folder using Thunar? I know there is "Search"...
nuked0ne's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
2k views

Connecting with Thunar through two layers of sftp

Is it possible to make a graphical connection through 2 layers of ssh, using Thunar? For a single "layer" I can open the remove host by typing sftp://user@host in the address bar, and then work with ...
Jatentaki's user avatar
  • 243
0 votes
1 answer
123 views

/media mount point name after power cut

I had a power cut whilst an SSD was mounted. After restart, the mount point has been appended with '1' and the old mount dir is still there. I think it's a duplicate of this problem but would like to ...
essexboyracer's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
246 views

Xubuntu: How to prevent applications/programs from showing hidden files when opening or saving files?

This behaviour by my Xubuntu 16.04 has started about a month ago, maybe a bit more. The behaviour of Thunar is normal, i.e. selecting "show hidden files and folders" does what it's supposed to, and ...
hockeykong's user avatar
8 votes
4 answers
22k views

Xubuntu Thunar "Open Terminal Here" opens konsole in homefolder

When I try to open console/terminal in any folder by drop-down menu in the Thunar, the konsole is opened in /home/user folder. How to configure "Open Terminal Here" shortcut to open new terminal ...
XuMuK's user avatar
  • 375
2 votes
1 answer
4k views

MacOS-like file preview with spacebar for Xubuntu

I came across a question on Ask Ubuntu that mentioned that Ubuntu ships with a similar feature to macOS' preview, where you can select a file and press the spacebar to get a preview of the file. ...
comfreak's user avatar
  • 121
1 vote
1 answer
757 views

Thunar hiding and displaying side panel on mouseclick and moving mouse around

I am having the following problem with the file manager thunar (1.6.10 in xubuntu 16.10): Whenever I click with my mouse or just move it around in an open thunar window it keeps hiding and displaying ...
dfrn's user avatar
  • 11
2 votes
1 answer
763 views

removing the "move to dropbox" context menu option (Thunar, 16.04)

I am really sick of the "Move to Dropbox" option in my right-click context menu. I have accidentally moved large files to Dropbox because of it many times. Is there any way to disable that option in ...
Nikhil Joshi's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
1k views

Ask before running script in Thunar

Nautilus or PCManFM have an option to ask you before executing files. Can I have that in Thunar? I am posting this in order to provide an answer.
user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
664 views

Thunar cannot write to USB pen as a normal user

When I mount a USB pen using Thunar, I cannot write to it but I can read from it. Xubuntu 16.04. I can write to it as root, from the command line. mount lists the device thus; /dev/sdb1 on /media/...
hatterman's user avatar
  • 2,280
7 votes
1 answer
3k views

Add "delete confirmation prompt" in Thunar

Thunar does not have the option of a prompt asking for confirmation when moving files to trash (this is, when pressing the Delete key). I want to add one. The only way I can think of doing this by ...
user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
756 views

Are system-wide Thunar custom actions possible?

[Note: I'm sorry if this has been asked before. I googled, I searched StackOverflow and other forums but couldn't find anything. Which is pretty weird in my opinion, because to me this seems like a ...
NobodyInPerson's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
1k views

Change file picker dialog

I am using the Xfce desktop and the default file picker dialog seems really out of place. The file picker seems to look a lot like Nautilus even though I don't even have it installed. Screenshot:
Slava Knyazev's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
4k views

how can i open the files in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections?

i want to see what are the passwords to the wifi connections that i have used, but i don't know how to open these files. tried this solution, but i don't have thunar installed apparently. i know i can ...
young marx's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
157 views

File explorer with behavior like Windows when you type

Is there a file explorer (or a way to get one of the famous file explorers e.g. Nautilus, Thunar) to behave like Windows when you type in a file name? The behavior in Windows when you type a file ...
Mystic Odin's user avatar
3 votes
2 answers
2k views

Add keyboard shortcut to function inside Thunar

I am trying to create a keyboard shortcut for "Create document..." subcomponent "Empty file", shown in the picture below: It seems all the shortcuts in use by Thunar are stored in the file ~/.config/...
user avatar
11 votes
3 answers
8k views

How to make Thunar regenerate thumbnails?

I have a large collection on pictures which needed cropping, color balancing, autotuning, etc. Now Thunar is showing the old thumbnails and is very confusing because i can't visually separate edited ...
ipse lute's user avatar
  • 2,574
3 votes
1 answer
3k views

Xubuntu 16.04 - Thunar doesn't show most of media thumbnails

Thunar (1.6.10-2ubuntu1) only shows images edited with gimp. Even the screenshots have no thumbnails. I have installed tumbler and tumbler-plugins-extra packages. I have reistalled thunar. I have ...
GeoMint's user avatar
  • 785
2 votes
1 answer
982 views

How to open a folder with Atom text editor? (Xubuntu)

When I right click on a folder either on my desktop or in thunar I want an option to open the folder with atom or really some other programs as well such as a picture/music/media program. I've done ...
kotajacob's user avatar
2 votes
2 answers
4k views

Thunar doesn't display thumbnails for most files

On Xubuntu 14.04 Thunar doesn't show thumbnails for most files. For example in my wallpapers folder only two .png files have thumbnails while the rest of them don't have thumbnails, similar for other ...
09eragera09's user avatar
5 votes
3 answers
9k views

Open Vim in Xfce4 Terminal from Thunar

I am using Xubuntu 16.04. I have set the default application to Vim for plain text files in Thunar. By default Vim opens in XTerm and not in Xfce Terminal. I would like for it to default to Xfce4 ...
jbrock's user avatar
  • 3,307
2 votes
2 answers
5k views

Replacing Thunar in Xubuntu

I installed nemo and deleted Thunar in Xubuntu 14.04. Nemo was set as default manager and works fine but my problem is with the desktop. When I double click icons on the desktop in order to launch ...
Mehdi's user avatar
  • 426
15 votes
3 answers
1k views

Do these file managers warn you when you try to copy files that there isn't enough space for?

If I try to copy 400 GB of files onto a drive that only has 390 GB of free space, will I be warned at the beginning of the operation? Or will I find out at the very end, when the space has run out? I'...
Fiksdal's user avatar
  • 2,111
5 votes
2 answers
5k views

How to Integrate Dropbox in Thunar?

How can I integrate Dropbox into Thunar? I am using Xubuntu 14.04 with Xfce 4.12 installed via PPA, and thunar-dropbox-plugin has been broken. I have also heard that it is not working on Xubuntu 16.04....
jbrock's user avatar
  • 3,307
-1 votes
1 answer
2k views

How to enable file management in Thunar [closed]

I think it it convenient that when a file manager opens a dialog I can right click on a file and for example expand an archive and then open a file in the archive, or edit the file with Gimp by ...
Niklas Rosencrantz's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
229 views

Ubuntu xenial File Manager trash not working

I am on a fresh ubuntu xenial installation. I can't make the trash directory working, no matter what file manager I use. I've tried with nautilus, thunar, pcmanfm (my current file manager): nothing. ...
Sarpo's user avatar
  • 21
4 votes
2 answers
3k views

Is there an application that can sort image files by creation date?

I'm searching for a way to show and sort pictures according to the record date (not "last change" date), but I didn't find any non-terminal program. It should be a file browser like the Windows ...
Motte001's user avatar
  • 331
1 vote
2 answers
3k views

What's the shortcut for renaming a file in Thunar?

Pretty simple, what's the shortcut for renaming in Thunar ?
damio's user avatar
  • 196
1 vote
0 answers
252 views

Thunar file manager disrupts background on xfce4?

I've found on a few different installations of Ubuntu that when I'm running xfce4, and I open up Thunar for any reason, it causes the background to blank out. The problem isn't resolved until a ...
txru's user avatar
  • 21
1 vote
1 answer
97 views

SORT: Why is it different in open/save window then elsewhere?

The sort order in my Xubuntu file manager (Thunar) is the way I want it, with types of characters in the following order: non alphanumeric (principally: underscore, hyphen, dot) numerics ...
hockeykong's user avatar
4 votes
1 answer
2k views

Android M phones don't display all content in Thunar via MTP

After initially not recognising MTP at all (here) I have an issue with both my Nexus 5 and my new Nexus 5x whereby some - but not all - DCIM (camera) and Music folder content shows up in Thunar. I can ...
dez93_2000's user avatar
  • 1,201
1 vote
1 answer
2k views

Seek and destroy a hanging ssh/sftp session

I am using thunar to access files on a remote PC. However, sometimes the ssh session hangs, and I have to terminate thunar. Then when I try to log back in, thunar just hangs. The only solution I've ...
a06e's user avatar
  • 13.1k
1 vote
1 answer
436 views

Thunar fails to reconnect broken ssh connection?

When I open an sftp connection to a server with Thunar, and this connection is broken for some reason (either the server kills it because of inactivity, or the connection is lost), then when I try to ...
a06e's user avatar
  • 13.1k
3 votes
2 answers
2k views

Thunar crashes when renaming files

When I am renaming files one at a time Thunar closes, it doesn't give an error message, it just closes all open instances of Thunar. Then I can open the GUI windows again to rename a few more files ...
Ken Mollerup's user avatar
  • 1,275
1 vote
2 answers
15k views

How to access root-folder with Thunar? [duplicate]

I would like to access root-folder with Thunar but the system won't let me, even if I have setup a root in a terminal window. What's the way to access the root-folder (with write access) in Thunar (...
Mick's user avatar
  • 11
6 votes
1 answer
11k views

How to launch shell scripts from XFCE desktop? [duplicate]

They will only open in a text editor. "Open With" doesn't offer an option to execute. The shell scripts are +x so they should run normally. As a workaround, I set them to be opened with the terminal ...
Eric Blank's user avatar
7 votes
1 answer
5k views

How to show the menu bar in Thunar in Xubuntu 15.10?

I accidentally hid the menu bar in the Thunar file manager, how can I make it visible again?
Satipo46's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
235 views

Configure Thunar to keep users out of system folders?

I'm trying to build a system for public use where the intended use of the file browser (thunar) is to only allow access to home, network shared drives, and any plugged in usb drives. I would like to ...
awakenDeepBlue's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
387 views

Double click on Matlab file opens a new session, even if one is already running

As said, if I double-click a file that Thunar recognizes as a "Matlab script/function", a new session of Matlab launches. This happens even when I already have a Matlab session running. How can I make ...
user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
231 views

How do I change the default name for a new folder?

When I create a new folder in the Thunar file-manager via CtrlShiftN, a folder appears. The default name which is suggested is New folder. I like to change that suggestion to ideas or drawer.
and-bri's user avatar
  • 125
0 votes
1 answer
368 views

Thunar lost files after dragging to and dropping onto folder!

I made some new folders, and then dragged files to them, to organize them in Thunar. I then opened the folders, and the files are not there! I opened the folder properties, and it says there are ...
zoidmaster's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
2k views

Mounting a camera as mass storage automatically

When I connect the camera via the USB cable, its is detected by lsusb but it's not mounted. I followed the answer to this question: Nikon P7100 doesn't connect as a mass storage device Now it ...
Reza's user avatar
  • 1,235
1 vote
1 answer
314 views

Thunar still shows SD card after it's been removed

Sometimes after I unmount a SD card and then remove it from the SD card slot, Thunar still displays it in the Devices menu, and if I insert a new card, it won't be mounted. The disk does not show in ...
Reza's user avatar
  • 1,235
11 votes
3 answers
9k views

How do I set Thunar as my default file manager in 15.04?

I would like to set Thunar as my default file manager in 15.04. Now, I realize that this question is very similar to How to set Thunar as a default file manager?, but I have tried Kevin's answer, why ...
Josh Pinto's user avatar
  • 7,909
1 vote
1 answer
230 views

How do I make Thunar display file sizes in #iB instead of #B?

Thunar's file sizes are so misleading, especially when I receive a file reported as 64.1 MB but only receive a 61.1 MB file. so how can I make Thunar display in #iB so I can see proper file sizes??
Tcll's user avatar
  • 735
8 votes
1 answer
4k views

Getting my File Manager to link to my Google Drive

I have a very small amount of storage on my computer and would like to conserve it, so I would like to know if there is a way to mount my Google Drive in Thunar or Nautilus on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS. ...
It's Willem's user avatar
3 votes
3 answers
7k views

Add Custom Emblem in Thunar, Xubuntu 14.04

I would like to add my own custom emblems in Thunar, Xubuntu 14.04. I have created the necessary 10x10, 16x16, 22x22, etc. png files for my emblem and copied them here at their corresponding ...
jbrock's user avatar
  • 3,307