Hello all, I have an archive folder somewhere on my system where I commonly move old files to. In Dolphin, how can I create a shortcut so that selected file/files/folders can be moved to that specific folder without me having to cut, navigate and paste to that folder every time?

jtibrewala wrote:Hello all, I have an archive folder somewhere on my system where I commonly move old files to. In Dolphin, how can I create a shortcut so that selected file/files/folders can be moved to that specific folder without me having to cut, navigate and paste to that folder every time?

HI !

1) Dolphin places menu

You could add the folder to the Dolphin places menu: Dolphin Handbook: https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/applica ... index.html -> Places menu: https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/applica ... aces-panel

and then drag&drop:




2) KDE Service/Context menus

Older document: https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tu ... vice_Menus


At here with the:

KDE Frameworks: 5.30.0
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.8.5
Dolphin: 16.12.1

The KDE service menus are at:

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$ kf5-config --path services

=>
~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/
and
/usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/

Making a file: ~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/moveto.desktop

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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Icon=transform-move
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=all/allfiles;
Actions=moveTo;
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
#X-KDE-Submenu=
Encoding=UTF-8

[Desktop Action moveTo]
Name=Move To MyContainer
Icon=transform-move
Exec=echo "%U" | sed 's# /#\\n/#g' | while read url; do kdemv5 "$url" /media/sda1/MyContainer/; done


Note #1
If some part of the path '~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/' is missing you could add the missing parts.

Note #2
The files are moved to the /media/sda1/MyContainer/.
Change the correct path if you are using this.

Note #3
This adds a top level action, 'X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel'.
If you want to use sub menus use the 'X-KDE-Submenu='


There is a new context menu:


The kdemv5 is:

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$ kdemv5 --help
Usage: kdemv5 [options] urls... url
Command-line tool for network-transparent operations

Options:
  -v, --version              Displays version information.
  -h, --help                 Displays this help.
  --noninteractive           Non-interactive use: no message boxes. If you
                             don't want a graphical connection, use --platform
                             offscreen
  --overwrite                Overwrite destination if it exists (for copy and
                             move)
  --author                   Show author information.
  --license                  Show license information.
  --desktopfile <file name>  The base file name of the desktop entry for this
                             application.

Arguments:
  src                        Source URL or URLs
  dest                       Destination URL


The kdemv5 is part of the kde-cli-tools:

Tools based on KDE Frameworks 5 to better interact with the system.

Released as part of the plasma desktop.

If the file exists:


More

Documentation on creating and publishing Service Menu: viewtopic.php?f=225&t=136966
Desktop Entry Specification: https://standards.freedesktop.org/deskt ... ec/latest/