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Here it is the solution in order to add the 'open terminal here' into the context menu of Elementary OS' file manager (generically called 'Files' - the executable is pantheon-files).

For that specific demand, the idea is to create the file /usr/share/contractor/terminal.contract and add something like

[Contractor Entry]
Name=Open Terminal here
Icon=terminal
Description=Open Terminal here
MimeType=inode;application/x-sh;application/x-executable;
Exec=pantheon-terminal -d %U
Gettext-Domain=pantheon-terminal

But how to adapt that and have a model to add other commands, namely - following my order of priorities - 'open folder as root'?

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In order to create 'Open folder as root' context menu command - and in order to create any new such command - a new *.contract file has to be created in /usr/share/contractor.

To create the file in gedit:

sudo gedit /usr/share/contractor/Open_as_admin.contract

For 'Open folder as root' - that file would have to contain something like

[Contractor Entry]
Name=Open folder as root
Icon=gksu-root-terminal
Description=Open folder as root
MimeType=inode;application/x-sh;application/x-executable;
Exec=gksudo pantheon-files -d %U
Gettext-Domain=pantheon-files

(but no icon appears in te context menu anyway)

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  • @ciprius Great explanation! Do you know if is possible a submenu? Thanks in advance! Commented Jan 18, 2015 at 16:14
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    @costales - do not know, sorry Commented Mar 24, 2015 at 10:07
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    If its not showing up for you make sure you have gksudo installed. I didn't and I had to remove parts of the config file until I realized what was stopping it from showing up. Commented Jul 19, 2015 at 4:43
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[Contractor Entry]
Name=Open folder as root
Icon=gksu-root-terminal
Description=Open folder as root
MimeType=inode;application/x-sh;application/x-executable;
Exec=/usr/bin/io.elementary.files-pkexec
Gettext-Domain=pantheon-files

This worked for me in Elementary OS 5 Juno 01/20/2019. Also, use nano instead of gedit.

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  • (1) This is the same as the accepted answer except for one line. What is the significance of that line? Is your answer better than the other one? (2) What’s wrong with gedit? Commented Jan 21, 2019 at 2:30
  • Brief: gksu is deprecated. It is removed from Debian, Ubuntu 18.04 and other newer Linux distribution version. Commented Jan 21, 2019 at 3:54
  • nano is already in the system gedit is not you would need to install it. Commented Jan 21, 2019 at 3:57
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    @G-Man - not using elementary now but I welcome this answer, as that line seems better. (Maybe a comment would have been preferable, but this is ok for a new user). I would even integrate that to my answer. I prefer gedit on all gtk desktops though, I simply never use nano. Commented Jan 21, 2019 at 5:59
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Updated on 29 Jan 2020

OS: elementary OS 5.1 Hera

The accepted answer is correct but needs more refinement

  1. sudo sed -i '/pkexec/ s/$/ $@/' /usr/bin/io.elementary.files-pkexec

    Make io.elementary.files-pkexec accept initial directories

  2. Create the contractor

sudo tee /usr/share/contractor/open-as-root.contract <<EOF
[Contractor Entry]
Name=Open elevated Files here
Icon=gksu-root-terminal
Description=Open folder as root
MimeType=inode;application/x-sh;application/x-executable;
Exec=io.elementary.files-pkexec %U
Gettext-Domain=io.elementary.files
EOF

Create the contractor at /usr/share/contractor/open-as-root.contract

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