I'd like to select files on web interface and paste full path names in a plain text editor
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Description
This is a request for a feature for the web file manager of NextCloud.
On macOS Finder, if you select a bunch of files, copy them (Cmd-C) then paste them (Cmd-V) in a plain text editor, you'll get a list of full paths for the selected files.
On Windows File Explorer, its a bit more complicated but there is the "Copy Path" button in the ribbon.
On both, result on the text editor is a text like this, simply put, the full path of all selected files:
"C:\Users\xyz12\file1.txt"
"C:\Users\xyz12\file2.mp3"
"C:\Users\xyz12\file4.jpg"
"C:\Users\xyz12\file5.png"
NextCloud web file navigator misses this feature and I'd like to ask you guys to think about implementing it. A good place for this feature is a new action under the 3 dots menu.
I already can select a bunch of files in the web interface, but then nothing is pasted in a plain text editor. The full path of selected files should be pasted.
Thank you
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Start from the Nextcloud web file manager and inspect the existing actions under the three-dots menu for selected files. Confirm how selected items expose their full paths and how clipboard actions are handled. Done means a user can select multiple files, invoke the new action, and paste their full paths as plain text.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, php
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100