Unlike some other file managers, F5 - Ctrl+R - Esc don't deselect.
Assume thunar is set to "select item by hovering, open with single click" :
Ctrl + Shift + A
deselects, if cursor is hovering on an item, it stays as hand,
but does not re-select until moved to above another item
AltGr + X
deselects, if cursor is hovering it changes from hand to arrowtip,
it stays as an arrowtip also if moved to another item and does not select it
a single click does nothing, double click turns it into hand and issues "open" command.
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residual question:
Can a custom action with a different keyboard shortcut
pass an existing keyboard shortcut or action back to thunar
instead of a text command to the CLI?
I can't find deselect - unselect - undo or the like in ~/.config/Thunar/accels.scm .
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original message
I often find myself with Thunar open on a given directory, and one or more files or folders highlighted = selected.
I can't find a way to deselect the file(s) without umping out of the directory and jumping back in.
I tried adding the custom actions thunar %D or thunar . which would open an (unnecessary) instance without selections in the current directory but but they don't do anything, and ctrl+t already does open an (unnecessary) new tab without selections.
Is there faster a way
e.g. by keyboard shortcut or custom action,
to deselect files?
(No, inverting selection - F5 - Ctrl+R - Esc don't deselect.
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