In Gnome Files (Nautilus?), is there a shortcut to directly open the "Open with another application" window? If no, is there a way to create one?
I'm running files on 3.36.3 on Ubuntu 20.04, in case that matters.
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Right-click on the document icon, and the "Open with another application" is one of the choices. – heynnema Dec 10 '20 at 01:06
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@heynnema That's the one I'm aware of, but it has nothing short about it unfortunately. – neo post modern Dec 10 '20 at 08:33
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After clicking on a document icon to select it, CTRL+ALT+O is shorter than a right-click? – heynnema Dec 10 '20 at 15:46
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I don't need to click on the document to select it, I can navigate to it with the keyboard. (I've modified my keyboard to have a CTRL+ALT key anyway.) And then it's still two clicks, isn't it? One to open the menu and then another one on "Open with another application"? (But yes, as long as I have the hand on the mouse, the two click sequence is likely faster.) – neo post modern Dec 10 '20 at 16:06
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Shift+F10, a may be the closest you can get. Unfortunately, shortcut keys cannot be customized or added anymore in Nautilus.
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Based on vanadium's answer, I got the idea to create a shortcut to trigger this shortcut sequence:
/bin/bash -c "sleep 0.1; xdotool key Menu; sleep 0.1; xdotool key a;"
(This answer explains the need for bash -c)
Add this to Settings > Keyboard shortcuts > Custom shortcuts > +
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1...with the only annoyance that your shortcut will be triggered, whether you are in nautilus or not. – vanadium Dec 10 '20 at 15:57
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Yeah, I know. Real pros would probably check whether Nautilus is focused first. – neo post modern Dec 10 '20 at 16:03