File selection is weird

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P5music
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#11 Post by P5music »

I edited my last post so now the two problems do not appear merged together.

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Richard
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#12 Post by Richard »

There are other file managers available via synaptic that might fit your preferences better.
I currently prefer doublecmd & thunar:
caja from Mate
dolphin (from Kde Plasma)
doublecmd (twin-pane)
fdclone (console)
gentoo (2 pane)
krusader (2 pane from Kde)
mc (terminal, like old Norton Cmdr)
nautilus (from gnome)
nemo (from Cinnamon)
pcmanfm (Gtk2 based)
ranger (ncurses in console)
rox-filer
spacefm (multi-panel)
sunflower (twin panel)
tuxcmd (Gtk2 based)
worker (configurable two panel fm)
xfe (X11)
xmonad (lightweight fm)
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Re: File selection is weird

#13 Post by P5music »

@Richard
Would installing a new file manager change also the broswer file-upload selection behaviour?

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#14 Post by Jerry3904 »

One way to find out ... try pcmanfm, which many people seem to like.

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#15 Post by Richard »

P5music wrote: Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:51 amWould installing a new file manager change also the broswer file-upload selection behaviour?
No, you would need to change that in the system preferences, as follows:
Start Menu > Settings > Preferred Applications > Utilities

which will change the default file manager for the system.
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#16 Post by P5music »

@Richard
About file-upload It's the same with pcmanfm as default file manager too: click on first position -> open, click on other positions -> select.
Maybe I have to logout.

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#17 Post by Richard »

To select a group, put the cursor/highlight on the first file,
hold the Ctrl key and click on each additional file to be copied, Ctrl-c to copy all selected,
then move to where you which to copy and Ctrl-v.

Ctrl and drag will move the file(s)
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#18 Post by P5music »

@Richard
I had the same discussion for another distro. I do not know the reason someone always says that it's not a bug the drag&drop issue.
It is very easy for you to check, when you select some files and then perform ctrl+click drag&drop, some are copied (and not just moved) but not the one on which the click is performed. If ctrl key is not pressed the files are all moved, also the one on which the click happened to be.

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#19 Post by beardedgeek72 »

It sounds to me that what the OP is asking about is the Single Click option that is activated, instead of the standard Double Click.
Yes, it can be changed, in settings in Thunar, AFAIR.

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#20 Post by fehlix »

P5music wrote: Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:51 am Would installing a new file manager change also the broswer file-upload selection behaviour?
The file-upload dialog used by most browser is not diretly related to the default file-manager
or whether other file managers are installed within the system.
Gtk-based browser do use a file-chooser gtk-library, Qt-based browser use their own Qt-file-chooser lib's.
They might look similar, or the file-manger might also use internaly the file-chooser lib,
but setting the default file manager within the desktop preferences will not change the file-chooser lib used
within (most) browsers.

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