Is there a shortcut for "Open with another application"?

Question

In Gnome Files (Nautilus?), is there a shortcut to directly open the "Open with another application" window? If no, is there a way to create one?

I'm running files on 3.36.3 on Ubuntu 20.04, in case that matters.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 10 '20 at 13:28

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Shift+F10, a may be the closest you can get. Unfortunately, shortcut keys cannot be customized or added anymore in Nautilus.

answered Dec 10 '20 at 13:28

vanadium

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 10 '20 at 14:16

Based on vanadium's answer, I got the idea to create a shortcut to trigger this shortcut sequence:

/bin/bash -c "sleep 0.1;  xdotool key Menu; sleep 0.1; xdotool key a;"

(This answer explains the need for bash -c)

Add this to Settings > Keyboard shortcuts > Custom shortcuts > +

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