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Why is Make Link missing from right click menu

Asked by peterzay

In Ubuntu 16.10, the "Make Link" command is missing from the right click Nautilus menu.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

You can use nautilus scripts to add that sort of thing

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Fabio M. Panico (fbugnon) said : 		#2

I guess technically you're right.
But then again, there's probably many others things that could be accomplished manually... and I don't see this as a parameter to what Canonical should or should not do -- instead, I guess the benefit to users is the rule of gold.

For instance, I've been trying to add this script for too long with no success.
Make link is a very important task to me on a daily basis, so if I could vote, I would say please bring it back!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

You could report a bug. This will let the developers know that the feature has an interest

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peterzay (peterzay) said : 		#4

Good idea actionparsnip, please refer to Bug #1650325.

Both you and fbugnon have been put on the subscriber list for the above bug.

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Fabio M. Panico (fbugnon) said : 		#5

Pasting the comment I added to the bug report (with solution!)

"I appreciate the effort in providing a solution to this problem.

But, as I came to know, the "make link" is not really missing from Nautilus, but just disable by default.

All it takes is getting into Nautilus Preferences > Behavior (tab) and check the box for "Link Creation". After that, "create link" option comes back to contextual menu."

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