The contextual menu has "Copy to" and "Move to" which brings up a GTK FileChooser to make it easier for some users to do these operations without keyboard shortcuts and tabs and back&forth, which I think is nice.

What's missing is an entry for "Create alias/shortcut..." to do the same thing with symbolic links. Some non-geek users actually requested this from me occasionally, and I think it would make sense for this to be reasonably discoverable at the same level as Copy/Move.

Otherwise, currently, the user has to know this complex and undiscoverable sequence, requiring too much fine motor coordination and memory:

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1. Click/double-tap and start dragging (but do not release the finger!) the shortcut source.

2. When the mouse cursor/file is positioned over where you would want the shortcut to be created (ex: some other folder, or even within the same folder), press and hold the “Alt” key on the keyboard.

3. Release the mouse button (or finger on the toutchpad). A contextual menu will appear, asking to choose between Copy, Move and Link. You can choose to “Link here”.
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