GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 605233
Implement "Paste Shortcut"
Last modified: 2021-06-18 15:16:57 UTC
When you copy a file/folder you should be able to past a shortcut (symbolic link) to it.
Can you please elaborate? Who it would work, and where exactly that option is available in the UI?
it's a simple idea: add the right click option called "paste link" below "paste" (and enabled only when paste is enabled: when something has been copied or cut). Paste link creates a symbolic link
This bug is also reported by John Kounis on Launchpad in Ubuntu at <https://launchpad.net/bugs/502015> as a Papercut.
Note that there is a workaround: right-click on a file, select "create link", a symlink is created in the same directory as the file, move it wherever you want. Note that this doesnt work if you don't have write permissions at the file location, and it's not very discoverable/usable.
Indeed, the currently available workflow is not optimized for the task. Proposal: Replace the current "Create Link" action with a "Create Link..." action which brings up a dialog (like the "Copy to..." and "Move to..." actions).
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