Dolphin Plugin: Copy as path
05 Mar 2015 linux
I was missing the feature of Copy File Path
in Dolphin (KDE File Manager). So I created one by myself. You need xclip
installed for this.
Create a file named copy-path.desktop
in the following directory.
~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus
For KDE5, use the following directory (thanks to Peter).
~/.local/share/kservices5
Then add the following lines to the file copy-path.desktop
.
[Desktop Action copy-path]
Exec=echo "%U" | tr -d '\n' | xclip -selection clipboard
Name=Copy Path
Icon=edit-copy
[Desktop Entry]
Actions=copy-path
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=all/all
Type=Service
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
I have added tr
command to trim the newline which may cause a forced return while pasting the text in a terminal.
Now reopen Dolphin. A top-level context menu named “Copy as path” should appear. Clicking it will copy the absolute name of the file to clipboard.
2017-02-21 EDIT: Now you can copy directory path also!