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Opening a group of expandable folders

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 5:26 am
by tobyo
Hi, I am using the Details view in Dolphin and I have folders set to be Expandable (Configure Dolphin, View Modes, Details, Folders: Expandable)

If I select a folder I can press the right cursor key to open the folder and view the contents below.

I was wondering if anyone knows of a way I can highlight a group of folders and then press right (or a combo etc.) so that all the folders open?

At the moment I have to manually go through each folder.


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Re: Opening a group of expandable folders

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2025 9:22 am
by CharlesV
Once highlighted, you can either:
1) Just hit the enter key and they will all open in tabs.
2) Right click and choose "open in tabs"
3) Hold down the shift key and hit enter - and each folder should open in a new window.

Re: Opening a group of expandable folders

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 6:07 am
by tobyo
Thank you @CharlesV Ideally I would like the folders to expand like this (from Mac OS):

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In the clip above, I am selecting the folders and then pressing the right cursor key for those folders to expand so I can see the contents at once.
I am not sure if this is possible, but if it is perhaps I am missing a shortcut or key combination that would allow me to do this?

Re: Opening a group of expandable folders

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 11:13 am
by CharlesV
Ah, expand collapsed folders... I do not believe there is a way to expand a group of folders in thunar. You might try searching / asking over at the xfce forum. ( https://forum.xfce.org/index.php )

Re: Opening a group of expandable folders

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 11:14 am
by CharlesV
You *might* be able to create a Thunar custom action to do this.

Re: Opening a group of expandable folders

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2025 4:36 am
by tobyo
Thank you again @CharlesV I found a workaround in the meantime.

If I highlight a folder, then hold down the right cursor, it will open a folder and then highlight the next file and so on, until it list all the files in that folder and then it will continue to the next folder etc.
It is not instant, but it is faster than manually highlighting each folder to see the contents.

Re: Opening a group of expandable folders

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2025 12:31 pm
by CharlesV
Your welcome and glad you have a workaround at least.
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