How do I modify entries in the "Create New" context menu action in Dolphin?

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Currently, in the “Create New” context menu action, I see the following options:

  • Folder
  • Text File
  • Empty File
  • HTML File
  • Link to Location (URL)
  • Link to File or Directory
  • Link to Application

How would I remove the “HTML File” entry? I presume that, for creating new entries, I simply need to add them to the ~/Templates directory, but I can’t find any documentation to officially confirm it.

2

This is not how it works in KDE (currently, this is being worked on).

You could find answers on the internet, to your choosing:

Some official documentation would be better still.

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Hi Kalcifer

I use Plasma 5.x

I ignore the stock “Create New” entry and made my own in
/usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/COPY-BACKUP-CREATE.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=all/all;
Icon=format-currency
Actions=sendDesktop;
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
X-KDE-StartupNotify=false
X-KDE-Submenu=COPY-BACKUP-CREATE

Actions=1;2;3;4;5;6;7;8;

[Desktop Action 1]
Name=COPY WITH TIMESTAMP
Icon=password-copy
Exec=cp -rf %f "%f-$(date +%y-W%W-%e_%H-%M-%S-%b)"

[Desktop Action 2]
Name=SELF-EXTRACT-ARCHIVE-HERE
Icon=password-copy
Exec=makeself.sh --notemp %f %f-$(date +%y-W%W-%e_%H-%M-%S-%b).run "SFX archive" echo "Vektor, please close this terminal"

[Desktop Action 3]
Name=BACKUP WITH .BAK
Icon=password-copy
Exec=cp -rf %f %f.bak

[Desktop Action 4]
Name=RESTORE .BAK files-only
Icon=password-copy
Exec=filename=%f; cp %f "${filename%.*}"

[Desktop Action 5]
Name=NEW FOLDER WITH TIMESTAMP
Icon=password-copy
Exec=konsole --workdir %f -e mkdir "$(date +%y-W%W-%e_%H-%M-%S-%b)"

[Desktop Action 6]
Name=NEW TXT FILE WITH TIMESTAMP
Icon=password-copy
Exec=konsole --workdir %f -e touch "$(date +%y-W%W-%e_%H-%M-%S-%b).txt"

[Desktop Action 7]
Name=NEW EMPTY FILE WITH TIMESTAMP
Icon=password-copy
Exec=konsole --workdir %f -e touch "$(date +%y-W%W-%e_%H-%M-%S-%b)"

[Desktop Action 8]
Name=EMPTY-DIRECTORY-STRUCTURE-2-DESKTOP
Icon=password-copy
Exec=bash -c "find -type d | cpio -pd /root/Desktop/EMPTY-DIRECTORY-STRUCTURE-$(date +%y-W%W-%e_%H-%M-%S-%b)/"

I have quite a few to do other things if you are interested. Let me know.

Vektor

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With KDE Frameworks 6.7+, you can just add files or folders to XDG_TEMPLATE, usually ~/Templates. And the files in this folder will be shown in the “Create New” menu.

You can set the template folder path in systemsettings, like ~/.Template to hide it by default.

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191632