files copy and paste absolute file paths

Question

I'm currently working with an updated Elementary OS 5.1.2 Hera". After some of the last updates the system started to change the behavior when I copy and paste files/folders from the file browser (I am suing the default io.elementary.files).

Before the change: after selection of a file/folder, I used to to copy with CTRL-C, then going into a text editor or the terminal with CTRL-V I just pasted the full (absolute) file path or directory eg:

/home/user/bla/bla/filename.ext

Recently this wonderful behavior changed, in the sense that when I do CTRL-V in editors/terminal it pastes

file:///home/user/bla/bla/filename.ext

Now it is so annoying to go back and forth and delete file:// from the filepath.

Is there any way to get back to the good old behavior?

Answer 1

I haven't done any setting, but after last update today the issue disappeared.

Therefore, now copying a file into Files and pasting into terminal/text editor does the right this, e.g. it pastes

/home/user/bla/bla/filename.ext

I wonder where this has been fixed.

Answer 2

This behavior has been changed. Now it just copies and pastes whatever path you copy directly. I don’t believe it’s a setting that you can change, but make sure your eOS install is on the latest version with all of the updates.