Bug 393143 - Allow assigning hotkeys to creating new files from templates (e.g. text files)
Summary: Allow assigning hotkeys to creating new files from templates (e.g. text files)
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 387762
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 17.12.3
Platform: Other Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2018-04-14 19:05 UTC by Glut
Modified: 2021-04-14 15:01 UTC (History)
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Description Glut 2018-04-14 19:05:24 UTC
## Overview

Some file managers like Nautilus offer the ability to assign keyboard shortcuts to creating new files (in analogy to creating a new folder). I would propose that Dolphin offer a similar feature-set, as I think it would greatly enhance Dolphin's keyboard usability.

I find myself creating new text files quite often, and navigating through the context menu to eventually get to the relevant entry always feels like a chore. Contrast that to Nautilus where I had bound the same action of creating an empty text file to Ctrl+Shift+E, creating a very streamlined workflow for - what I feel is - a very commonly used action.

## Implementation ideas

As Dolphin does come with quite a few templates by default, it might make sense to initially limit the scope of this to creating text files, as that is probably the most commonly used file creation choice. Ideally users would be able to set up a custom key binding for each template through Dolphin's existing shortcut assignment menu. But if that is too complex to implement, I think that most users would also be happy with a hardcoded default.

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Thank you for giving this suggestion your consideration. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like me to elaborate on any details.
Comment 1 Glut 2018-04-14 19:06:38 UTC
Possibly related: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=393142
Comment 2 Julian Steinmann 2018-04-15 14:40:18 UTC
This seems like a good idea & it should not be too hard to implement.
Comment 3 Patrick Silva 2021-04-14 15:01:54 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 387762 ***