Feature request: Toggle in Thunar preferences determining how executable text files are handled

Submitted by Anl..@..ot.com

Assigned to Xfce Bug Triage

Link to original bug (#14876)

Description

Component: Thunar Prefferences

OS: Linux

Summary: Enabling the feature to execute shell scripts with double click requires the user to run a long obscure command found on the internet. Extremely beginner unfriendly.

Description:

Overview: There is no graphical way atm to switch the default behaviour (for executable text files) from opening the file in the text editor, to executing them.

Steps to Reproduce: 

    1) Open Thunar, and go to Edit>Preferences

    2) There is no option to switch default behaviour for executable text files

Actual Results: 

    Nothing changed

Expected Results: 

    A drop down menu or button toggle that would enable the user to switch between:

    1) double click opens executable text file (shell script) in text editor
    2) double click executes the executable text file
    3) Ask every time