Middle click of Back/Forward/Up buttons in Thunar

[halogen2]

Currently have Xubuntu 16.04 Thunar set up so that middle-click opens folders in a new Thunar window. However, middle-clicking on the Back, Forward, or Up toolbar buttons does nothing; and middle-clicking the items in the Go menu behaves exactly as if I left-clicked them.

How to get middle-clicking the Back/Forward/Up toolbar buttons, and items in the Go menu, to open the destination folder in a new Thunar window, same as middle-clicking folders?

[Keith_Helms]

When you middle click on a folder, Thunar knows that's the folder you want to operate on. How would it know what folder to open when you're clicking on toolbar buttons?

[vasa1]

^^^ Something like that. I suspect some things are part of the code and can't be changed at the user level. PCManFM behaves similarly.

[halogen2]

When you middle click on a folder, Thunar knows that's the folder you want to operate on. How would it know what folder to open when you're clicking on toolbar buttons?

Same way it knows what folder to open when left-clicking those buttons?

I suspect some things are part of the code and can't be changed at the user level.

So is there a plugin of some sort for this?

[vasa1]

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So is there a plugin of some sort for this?

No, I meant I think it's hard-coded and doing what you want would involve tweaking Thunar's DNA. Maybe you could consider making a feature request ...

[halogen2]

Not being a xfce developer, I have no option to edit the feature request list. Maybe will try their irc channel. Thanks

[vasa1]

Not being a xfce developer, I have no option to edit the feature request list. Maybe will try their irc channel. Thanks

Informative page, even though it's a wish list.

Is being a dev a condition for registering at https://wiki.xfce.org/wish_list?do=register ?

I don't know myself. I haven't tried.

[halogen2]

Is being a dev a condition for registering at https://wiki.xfce.org/wish_list?do=register ?

I don't get any link to register, only to log in. Maybe it's not required to be a dev to have an account on the wiki - I haven't tried either - but regarding that specific page, I'm not sure how else they'd protect it from vandalism. Registering new online accounts always ends up being a pain for me anyway, whereas it should be fairly straightforward for me to use freenode.

[vasa1]

In addition to chat, there's the xfce forums: forum.xfce.org ... sign-in if you want to post there.

[halogen2]

The xfce people on irc suggested to use the bug tracker
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12723