Split: Copy/Paste IMAGES

[Member HisWord1st]

I searched for how to copy paste images and asked in another thread but no one has replied for some reason in several days…

I am in antiX using now SpaceFM. It seems the most familiar in terms of navigating for me.

The issue is I’m not being able to copy/paste images from the file manager to a designated area within a browser window.

If I use zzzFM, I can drag and drop but navigating it is much more challenging.

And I’d really like to determine which all of each FM and other related preferences work best and then get them to be set up as default so my PC loads with those options and auto loads my browser as it had been prior to requiring restart, etc…

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[Member HisWord1st]

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Also, when toggling menus using Alt+Tab, it’s not set up to cycle backward using the Shift key – is there a way to change that so the Shift key can be used to toggle the opposite direction also?

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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In whatever application you are using, can you select the text, starting at the beginning to wherever you want, then hit the right mouse button.

Does a list of choices appear?
If yes, select cut, copy or whatever you need.

Then navigate to whatever you want and right click again and paste the contents.

There are Ctrl sequences too but apparently they don’t work for you so this is another way to get it done.

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[Member HisWord1st]

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Brian Masinick wrote:

In whatever application you are using, can you select the text, starting at the beginning to wherever you want, then hit the right mouse button.

Does a list of choices appear?
If yes, select cut, copy or whatever you need.

Then navigate to whatever you want and right click again and paste the contents.

There are Ctrl sequences too but apparently they don’t work for you so this is another way to get it done.

Well, I’m in file manager SpaceFM trying to move images. The left-click drag and drop doesn’t work and when I right click the option to copy the image isn’t available, only to copy which copies image text, presumably filename.

I’m just using zzzFM now which is working for drag and drop but it would be great if I could set my PC to have these preferred settings rather than having it go to default every reboot…is there a way to do that?

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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Try what I suggest please.

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Brian Masinick

[Member HisWord1st]

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I don’t understand your suggestion. To me in the context I’m stating it makes no sense.

I cannot select the text of the image file within the file manager application and so then cannot right click that which is not selected.

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[Moderator BobC]

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It sounds like you are wanting to copy and then paste the pixels of the picture itself, not the file or filename?

File managers manage files, not pixels of pictures.

What you could do is to Open the picture with a picture editor, like MTPaint, select all with Ctrl+a, then Ctrl+c to copy it, then click Edit >> Export clipboard to system, then click the Firefox tab, then Ctrl+v to paste the picture into Yahoo mail or other application that accepts pasting of pictures. Many applications require you to attach the picture file instead, but some do allow you to paste the picture itself in directly.

PS: If you wanted the text of the filename you could right click the file and then click Actions >> Copy name to get the name of the file to paste instead of the actual picture or file.

PS: In future, please create your own post when you have a question rather than adding your question onto someone else’s thread. That way you get answers for your question and the original poster doesn’t get confused.

• This reply was modified 10 months ago by BobC.
• This reply was modified 10 months ago by BobC.

[Member punranger]

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I get the impression that what you want to do is OPEN an image file in a BROWSER (for example Firefox). Is that correct?

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[Member marcelocripe]

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Hello HisWord1st.

Welcome to antiX Linux and the forum.

I don’t know how to write in English and I send my texts translated by the internet translator. I hope you can understand everything, if your native language is not English, please translate my original Brazilian Portuguese text directly into your language with the help of internet translators.

Regardless of your level of knowledge about GNU/Linux, I recommend you to read these excellent tutorials created by @PPC:

What is antiX and how to try it out or install it.
Short essential how-to list for the complete Linux newbie.
How-to install applications – 2020 version.
How to: correctly use antiX forum.

When I first started using antiX, I read the tutorials that PPC created, these readings saved me a lot of time and I think it saves time for any new antiX user. Your time will not be wasted with these readings, everything will seem to be much easier than you could imagine. You will not waste your time searching the internet or even creating new topics, on the contrary, you will gain a lot of time with these readings. I recommend you try desktops that have “zzz” in their name. I usually use zzz-IceWM or zzz-JWM or zzz-Fluxbox (each of these workspaces has its own characteristics and consumes more or less resources). zzzFM will be the default file manager on your desktop, it is very similar to other file managers in other GNU/Linux distributions and Windows XP. To access other antiX workspaces, click on Menu, Desktop, Other Desktops and click on the workspace name, instantly the workspace will be loaded.

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marcelocripe
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Olá HisWord1st.

Seja bem-vindo(a) ao antiX Linux e ao fórum.

Eu não sei escrever em idioma Inglês e envio os meus textos traduzidos pelo tradutor da internet. Eu espero que você consiga compreender tudo, caso o seu idioma nativo não seja o Inglês, por favor, traduza o meu texto original em idioma Português do Brasil diretamente para o seu idioma com a ajuda dos tradutores da internet.
Independentemente do seu nível de conhecimento sobre o GNU/Linux, eu recomendo você ler estes excelentes tutoriais criados pelo @PPC:

What is antiX and how to try it out or install it.
Short essential how-to list for the complete Linux newbie.
How-to install applications – 2020 version.
How to: correctly use antiX forum.

Quando eu comecei a utilizar o antiX, eu li os tutoriais que o PPC criou, estas leituras me pouparam muito do meu tempo e acho que poupa o tempo de qualquer novo usuário do antiX. O seu tempo não será perdido com estas leituras, tudo parecerá ser muito mais fácil do que você poderia imaginar. Você não perderá o seu tempo com pesquisas na internet ou até mesmo em criar novos tópicos, ao contrário, você ganhará muito tempo com estas leituras. Eu recomendo você experimentar as áreas de trabalho que possuem “zzz” em seu nome. Eu costumo utilizar o zzz-IceWM ou zzz-JWM ou zzz-Fluxbox (cada uma destas áreas de trabalho possuem características próprias e consomem mais ou menos recursos). O zzzFM será o gerenciador de arquivos padrão da sua área de trabalho, ele é muito semelhante aos outros gerenciadores de arquivos das outras distribuições GNU/Linux e do Windows XP. Para acessar as outras áreas de trabalho do antiX, clique no Menu, Área de Trabalho, Alternar Entre as Áreas de Trabalho e clique sobre o nome da área de trabalho, instantaneamente a área de trabalho será carregada.

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marcelocripe
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[Member marcelocripe]

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I searched for how to copy paste images and asked in another thread but no one has replied for some reason in several days…

Maybe it’s because people haven’t been able to understand exactly what you’re asking.
If you need to copy a file (image, video, audio, etc.), open zzzFM in antiX 21/22 or SpaceFM in antiX 19, right-click on the file, in the options menu that will appear, click with left click on the Copy option. Open another folder and paste, right-click on the white area where the folders are and click on the Paste option.

To disable zzzFM or SpaceFM single click, open the file manager, click on the View menu, Preferences, uncheck the option: “Single click opens files”, Ok, to use double click to open folders and files.

Is that what you wanted to know?

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I searched for how to copy paste images and asked in another thread but no one has replied for some reason in several days…

Talvez, seja porque as pessoas não conseguiram compreender exatamente o que você esteja perguntando.
Se você precisa copiar um arquivo (imagem, vídeo, áudio, etc.), abra o zzzFM no antiX 21/22 ou o SpaceFM no antiX 19, clique com o botão direito sobre o arquivo, no menu de opções que surgirá, clique com o botão esquerdo sobre a opção Copiar. Abra uma outra pasta e cole, clique com o botão direito sobre a área branca onde ficam as pastas e clique na opção Colar.

Para desativar o clique único do zzzFM ou do SpaceFM, abra o gerenciador de arquivos, clique no menu Exibir, Preferências, desmarquea opção: “Único clique abre arquivos”, Ok, para usar o duplo clique para abrir pastas e arquivos.

Por acaso é isso que você queria saber?

[Member PPC]

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HisWord1st wrote:

I am in antiX using now SpaceFM. It seems the most familiar in terms of navigating for me.

The issue is I’m not being able to copy/paste images from the file manager to a designated area within a browser window.

If I use zzzFM, I can drag and drop but navigating it is much more challenging.

I recently answered a question about draging and droping a file (an image file) to the “designated area within a browser window”.
Going though your questions, as clear as I can:

– zzzFM is a fork of SpaceFM – this means it’s developed from SpaceFM, it’s almost the same, but, since SpaceFM seems to no longer be in development, it includes a few bug fixes, and it’s a bit lighter in the RAM usage. It User Interface it’s the same. If you can use SpaceFM, you can use zzzFM.
– Marcelo explained how to set single/double click to open files – using double click to open files can make it way easier to drag and drop a file.
– Resize your File Manager’s window (spacefm/zzzfm) and then resize your browser’s window, so you can see the file in your file manager and also the area of the web page being displayed in your web browser where you want to move the (image) file to.
– Left click and hold the left mouse button on the file name, move your mouse pointer to where you want to drop your file, in the browser window and then release the left mouse button.

Tip: if you are using the default Window Manager (IceWM) you can right click a window’s title bar, choose the “Tile” section and select to make a window snap to the left half of the screen, the right half of the screen, etc.- you can use to resize your windows with just a couple of clicks, so you can copy and paste or drag a file between both windows with ease.

If you want, you can install any other File Manager that you like and use it instead of spacefm or zzzfm.

HisWord1st wrote:

And I’d really like to determine which all of each FM and other related preferences work best …

If zzzfm is not your default File Manager, the easiest way to make it so (if you are using the default desktop: IceWM or rox-Icewm): antix Menu > Desktop > Other Desktops > zzz-IceWM.
From then on, zzzfm will be the default file manager and always open with your chosen settings.

If you use Firefox-ESR or Firefox as your web browsers (or, in fact, almost any other browser), you can configure it to always open the previous tabs at startup.

P.

• This reply was modified 10 months ago by PPC.
• This reply was modified 10 months ago by PPC.

[Moderator BobC]

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Really, If he is having trouble he should just take a screenshot showing both the file manager and browser and say exactly what he is doing. We are guessing he is using Firefox, but we don’t know what he is trying to paste into, so don’t know what it expects other than to guess.

Its a learning thing that he needs to overcome (by reading the how to threads at the top of the list as suggested by Marcelo) to provide helper sufficient information that they can provide a solution…

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