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I would normally just use 'Cut' and 'Paste' to move things?<br>
Rob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13/01/16 09:24, Roger Broseus wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Try nemo and / or Konqueror. With nemo, F3 splits window into two panes. Change the focus on the second pane to the destination folder. Highlight file(s) on the source pane. Right-click on highlighted files and see move-to and copy-to options. Alternatively, use the menus.
Konqueror has similar functionality. While it is a KDE app, out can be installed and used under Xubuntu.
If you haven't learned keyboard tips for selecting, now's a good time to learn.
On January 12, 2016 4:40:49 PM EST, Peter Flynn <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:peter@silmaril.ie"><peter@silmaril.ie></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 12/01/16 18:56, John R. Sowden wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I've been meaning to address this for years. Very often, I need to
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<pre wrap="">a file, a document on the desktop, for example, or a downloaded
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<pre wrap="">to a 'test' directory, etc. Unfortunately, when I right click on the
icon, I gets lots of options that I don't use, but moving the file to
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<pre wrap="">different location is not an option. Is there a fix for this?
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