How can I add favorite folders to the ‘Open File’ window.
What is the “Open File” window - what do you mean by this?
How do you get to the “Open File” window that you mean?
When I am using an application and need to open a file, I choose “Open file” from the file menu. A window appears with a list of common folders on the left and what appears to be recent folders in the main part of the window.
I would like to add and/or remove folders to/from the list of common folders on the left side of the window.
I’m uncertain whether you can add custom directories to the dialog as you suggest. However, I recall that bookmarks could be created/used in Thunar that also appear in Open/Save dialogs.
If I recall, you can edit ~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks (or ~/.config/gtk-4.0/bookmarks) to list a few favourite directories.
- The bookmark format is similar to a local URL:
file://[path to target][space][bookmark name]
( taken from How to use bookmarks in Thunar ) - If the
bookmarksfile mentioned doesn’t exist, create it.
A useful example might be to add recent:/ at the bottom of the file to add a bookmark for recent locations; the bookmark should appear immediately in the Thunar side panel and be available in the respective dialogs.
Bookmarks should be a decent workaround (if it still works that way).
- Thunar: Working with files and folders might be remotely useful.
Regards.
Note; it’s been a while since I’ve used XFCE for any great length of time, so this may not be 100% accurate.
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I still don’t know what or where that is. 
May be lost in translation - my system isn’t in english.
With the file manager (Thunar) open, you can pick a folder on the right and drag it to some place on the left pane under “Places” - a line (or two) will indicate where it will be placed when you release the mouse.
It is commonly called “creating a Bookmark” I guess.
ps:
Ah - I misunderstood you.
Not from the file manager, but from within some application.
Should work when you create a bookmark in the file manager as described above.
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Thanks. That did what I wanted.
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