Alternatives to Editing accels.scm File in Thunar?

Question

Since GTK3+ removed editable accelerators, everything I've read online suggests I'm stuck having to edit the ~/.config/Thunar/accels.scm file if I want to assign keyboard shortcuts to actions or folders in Thunar. Is there another option? For instance, say I wanted to assign a keyboard shortcut to open a folder in my current Thunar window. Could I do this with a custom action, or maybe a bash script?

Answer 1

To assign a shortcut key, you indeed are stuck for the moment to editing the ~/.config/Thunar/accels.scm file. Indeed, the GTK2 mechanism to assign a shortcut key on the fly has disappeared in GTK3, leaving you with no other option than to edit the file, until someone develops a graphical user interface to assign shortcut keys to Thunar menu items, including custom actions that you can create yourself.