creating a folder shortcut or application shortcut allows us to launch an application or open certain folders directly which saves not only time but opening frequently using folders or applications becomes easy and less annoying.... creating a shortcut on Linux is similar to shortcuts as created in windows operating system shortcuts in Linux are also called symbolic links. below are few tips on how to create shortcuts
Drag and Drop
if you want to create shortcut of any system applications such as iceweasel(browser), gimp(paint) etc just click on the menu bar/startmenu on top select the icon and just drag and drop on the desktop
Using "Create Launcher"
if you want to create a shortcut for some application which you cannot find in the menubar/startmenu or if you want to create a shortcut for some subfolder which is in root or home on desktop follow below steps
-->Right Click on desktop-->select "Create Launcher"-->click on the "type" as shown in below picture
- if you want to create a shortcut for any application/program select "Application" as show in above pic else
- if you want to create a shortcut for any folder select location
- In the Name text box in "create launcher" window give the name of the shortcut
- In Command click on the "Browse" button and give the path of the application or folder
- In Comment part you can give description text related to your shortcut thats it you click ok your shortcut will be ready to use on desktop
You can also create shortcut using terminal by using following “ln” command to create symbolic links to any file or folders where "s" specifies "shortcut" as shown below
ln -s <source> <destination link>
example ln -s TARGET /home/username/Desktop/linkname
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