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I'm using KDE Plasma 5.19.5 with Kate, Dolphin & Konsole. I just tried to use Klipper's action feature. What I've reached, is that I could chose to start mpv in combination with the highlighted mp4 video, e.g. /mnt/NAS/Filme/King_Kong.mp4 .

What works, is that after highlighting, I have to press 'Ctrl + Alt +r ' to receive a (Klipper) menue, where I can click 'Execute Play video with mpv'.

My question:

Is it possible to receive the menu without pressing 'Ctrl + Alt + r'? In my Klipper's settings for the action to start 'mp4' files I selected 'automatic', but the menu does not appear automatically.

Thank you very much in advance,

-Linuxfluesterer

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  • Please clarify where exactly is the "highlighting" taking place? Selection with the mouse in the file manager? the text editor or terminal? clipboard list? – cipricus Dec 19 '22 at 10:31

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As long as the required setting is enabled:

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it works like this:

  • clipboard actions apply to items present in the clipboard list - that is copied items
  • these items have to be paths - either paths to files and folders, or URLs
  • in order to copy and send to clipboard a path without using a "copy" action, you have to enable the other option called "keep the selection and clipboard the same":

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Paths for file and folders have to start with file:// (the path you get when copying a file or folder, and not just its location)

In Dolphin, copying the file should pop-up the list as long as dolphin is not listed in the exclusion list under Configure clipboard (right-click the tray widget) -Action menu - Exclude windows:

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Considering text editors like Kate and terminals like Konsole, if what you mean is having the list of clipboard actions popping up when you select the mp4 file path in Kate or Konsole -- as said above: the path that works is the one you get when you copy the file itself, not just its location, something like

file:///mnt/NAS/Filme/King_Kong.mp4

You have to be sure that the applications involved are not in that exclusion list and that the option "keep the selection and clipboard the same" is enabled as said.

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