Shortcut key cmd to open current folder's Terminal

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I don’t think so. Not listed in-app shortcut.

I find this issue similar to the well known Ferrari example:
A young person just bought a Ferrari. The first thing to do is ask a Ferrari Grand Prix pilot advice about how to steer in sharp loops.

With my limited knowledge, there is a way to open a terminal at the current Nautilus/Files path:

  1. Hit Ctrl+ L (go to path field)
  2. Hit Ctrl+ C (copy)
  3. Hit your favourite Terminal application shortcut. (example Alt+T)
  4. Type cd (cd<space>)
  5. Hit Ctrl+Shift+ V (paste in terminal)
  6. Hit Enter

If the above looks slow in comparison to a single keyboard shortcut, try to consider how much from your productivity you lose in 2 seconds (difference).

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Apparently, someone had to write an extension for this feature:

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Gee, when I thought ɢɴᴏᴍᴇ couldn’t possibly suck so much, yet again I am brought to reality… :rofl:

How can anyone even use Nautilus, if it doesn’t have such a basic feature?

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44

It wants you to use the gnome-terminal, I suppose. In the name of integration…

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45

Which means testing each types you don’t want to use the default app with. :slightly_frowning_face:
(I think I would use file -ib instead of xdg-mime query)

In Thunar with the Location selector, select the path with left click, open a terminal, then middle click to paste the path. You don’t need more with zsh autocd.

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Keyboard shortcuts are way quicker than mouse point-click-move etc.
I mean that 4 keyboard shortcuts take less time than any mouse move and click.

:zap:

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Sure the move of the cursor is a bit time consuming, but unless you use it very often, it doesn’t matter.
And my custom action allow me to open the current directory or a selected directory in the file view/pane.