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Bug 759093 - Bring back create symbolic links in the context menu
Bring back create symbolic links in the context menu
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 745575
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.18.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-12-06 17:02 UTC by Khurshid Alam
Modified: 2017-07-24 16:33 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.17/3.18



Description Khurshid Alam 2015-12-06 17:02:16 UTC
In Nautilus 3.15.x create symbolic links ("make link") was removed from the context menu (not sure why?). The alternate method, which involves mouse, keyboard and three fingers simultaneously,  is very inconvenient for normal users.

1. First you have to press Ctrl+Shift with one hand

2. Then you need to select folder/files with mouse/keyboard.

3. Then you have to drag those with mouse while pressing left mouse button.

Now the problems is,

While dragging you must drag it to a empty space; if by mistake, you move mouse over to a folder, you will immediately go inside that and symlinks will be created inside that folder. Now if you have hundreds of folders/files, dragging is very difficult in grid-view mode as it has very less empty space.


Th whole thing is clearly complected and a simple "make link" in the context menu can solve the problem.

Thanks.
Comment 1 Khurshid Alam 2015-12-19 05:45:07 UTC
Why this bug hasn't been accepted yet? Is there anything I can provide?
Comment 2 Khurshid Alam 2015-12-19 06:28:42 UTC
Ok I guess this is the duplicate of https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=745575
Comment 3 Ernestas Kulik 2017-07-24 16:33:13 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 745575 ***