Right click, send to my documents

[terrybull]

I'm sure this is as frustrating for you as it is for me. So I've selected the 'send to my documents' and moved it up the list but I just don't get where the right click comes into it. I see the box where you can press a key to perform the action but right click isn't a key.Sorry to be a pain.

[fehlix]

I'm sure this is as frustrating for you as it is for me. So I've selected the 'send to my documents' and moved it up the list but I just don't get where the right click comes into it. I see the box where you can press a key to perform the action but right click isn't a key.Sorry to be a pain.

I'm afraid I'm lost you. Maybe you re-formulate slowly in simple English terms,(so I can follow).
The above sounds to me you don't know what a right-click menu is, which is obviously does no make sense to me.
So I'm not sure what you are missing.

[terrybull]

What I want to do is go to a file in thunar, for example an image file which is in my downloads folder and be able to right click on that file and have a menu which I can send it to my documents folder.

[l0dr3]

What I want to do is go to a file in thunar, for example an image file which is in my downloads folder and be able to right click on that file and have a menu which I can send it to my documents folder.

Some screenshots from my system, which show you what is configured and WHERE the action appears in the context-menu (aka the 'right-click-menu')

Screenshot_2023-11-21_13-03-45.jpg

As you can see in the above screenshot, i placed the custom action ABOVE all other custom actions at the TOP of the list ...
... so that it appears in the context-menu (after right-clicking on the selected/highlighted file) at the FIRST custom-action position - straight after the 'Setup as Wallpaper'
and BEFORE the 'Run Command'

This two dialogs/tabs DEFINE the action

Screenshot_2023-11-21_13-08-57.jpg

Screenshot_2023-11-21_13-09-13.jpg

HTH l0dr3

[DukeComposed]

Add a new command to Thunar's "Custom Actions" (Edit->Configure custom actions)
Add command:
Name: Send to Documents
Command:

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sh -c 'gio copy "$@" "$(xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS)" ' - %F

Note the quoting and the dash/hyphen before the %F
Appearance Conditions:
File Pattern: *
Range: *
Appears if selection contains:
tick all Files but not "Directories"
Save with OK.
Done and Test -> [Solved]

I followed these steps in Thunar and was able to create a custom action called "Send to Documents" that appears at the bottom of the menu when I right-click on any file in Thunar. It does not, however, remove the file from its source directory.

What I want to do is go to a file in thunar, for example an image file which is in my downloads folder and be able to right click on that file and have a menu which I can send it to my documents folder.

I think the confusion here may arise from thinking that this Send to Documents custom action needs to have a shortcut key assigned to it. It does not. Leaving the "Keyboard Shortcut" setting as None still puts the custom action in the right-click menu in Thunar. For me it's at the bottom of the right-click menu, right above "Properties".

[MXRobo]

I have followed the directions exactly, copy and paste the command but I don’t get the ‘send to my documents’ when I right click a file in Thunar. Please advise.
Just to note I am trying this on a 32bit installation.

Re: " but I don’t get the ‘send to my documents’ when I right click a file in Thunar."
You do, but you don't get a right-click "Send to" → "Send to Documents" option in Thunar.
https://ibb.co/26jwJ6P

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I get the option, i.e. it's available, but it does not send any files to Documents as a symlink, nor to Test as a folder if I substitute TEST in the command.

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sh -c 'gio copy "$@" "$(xdg-user-dir TEST)" ' - %F

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System:    Kernel: 6.5.11-4-liquorix-amd64 [6.5-17~mx21ahs] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: audit=0 intel_pstate=disable rcupdate.rcu_expedited=1 
           BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.5.11-4-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_ahs_x64 Wildflower November 22  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 

Maybe I'm doing something wrong.