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Terry
Asked: 2018-11-15 06:12:29 +0800 CST

How to create a link to a folder in Ubuntu 18.04 using GUI [duplicate]

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If my memory is not playing me up this could be done with old versions of Ubuntu but I can't find a way of doing it with 18.04.

Is there a way of doing it?

shortcuts filemanager

3 Answers

  1. Drag the folder while holding the Ctrl+Shift button

    You will see a "link" under the dragging hand badge while the folder is dragged as shown in the picture below.

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    If you drag the folder you want to link to, to a different folder, then the link will have the same name as the linked folder. The linked folder will have a black link arrow to show that it is a link.

    If you create a link of a folder within the same parent folder the link will be called Link to <Name of Folder>.

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    Alternately Alt Drag

    If you press Alt and drag-and-drop a little menu with copy, move, link, and cancel appears:

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    Hope this helps

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  2. You have to enable the menu entry in the file manager:

    • Just open file manager/files/preferences
    • Go to Tab behaviour/Link Creation -> Show action to create symbolic links
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  3. Just right-click on the folder, then select Create Link from the menu.

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