Nautilus is the official file manager in Gnome.
Questions tagged [nautilus]
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Change Ubuntu 11 scrollbars back to the old style
I've installed Ubuntu 11.04 and the new scrollbars in Nautilus, GEdit, etc. are driving me insane! How do I go back to the old (Ubuntu 10.10 and earlier) scrollbars?
In the Natty Nautilus you can't actually see a scrollbar normally. Instead you…
EMP
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Is there a shortcut key for file browser? (Equiv. of Win+E)
In windows you can press the Win+E to get the Windows Explorer window to open up any time.
Is there an equivalent global hot-key to get the file explorer to show up in Ubuntu Karmic?
bguiz
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How to search only current directory in Nautilus (restore old behaviour)
Does anyone know, how can I bring back the old nautilus behaviour?
In old version (Debian <7), when I typed, the nautilus moved to first file that started with that typed phrase.
In new version (Debian >=8, maybe current Ubuntu too), the program…
mvorisek
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why is nautilus slow?
I'm wondering why Nautilus is very slow when opening a directory containing lots of files. My /usr/lib dir for example has 1900 files and it takes approximately 5+ seconds to show everything. It has been like this since I installed Ubuntu few months…
Coding District
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Creating Files/Folders With Nautilus in List View
When Nautilus is in list view (more like treeview) when I right-click on a Folder, there's no option to create a File/Folder. When I right-click on a file within the folder, it also gives no option to create anything.
How do I create Files/Folders…
RyanScottLewis
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How to remove "starred" tab in gnome's nautilus?
I have a lot of network drives and a few bookmarks and I don't like having my file manager maximized, so I prefer an interface that's as clean as possible.
This Starred tab however blocks this for me. I've never used it before. Under gnome 3.28 it…
confetti
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Cannot open folders located on Ubuntu desktop
I have Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed, using its default file manager Nautlius. Double-clicking any folder located on the desktop does not open the folder. The following folders are affected:
Trash
Home
Any folder located on the desktop
Right-click >…
Robert Strauch
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Is there a way to edit an existing nautilus (file manager) bookmark?
Is there a way to edit an existing nautilus (fie manager) bookmark?
Invoke from Linux command line:
$ nautilus
Activate connection editor:
File>Connect To Server...>
Complete entries in the pop up:
Service Type: [WebDAV (HTTP)]
Server:…
CW Holeman II
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Is there a way to make nautilus display the "recently used" files and directories?
Is there a way to make nautilus display the "recently used" files and directories, just like the "open file" dialog does?
Just to make my question clearer, here are two screenshots:
The GTK open file dialog, showing the recently used items:
A…
Peltier
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Hiding files of a certain extension (.pyc) from Nautilus
I would like to hide every .pyc file from Nautilus.
I use Ubuntu 10.04.
What could I do?
juanefren
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How do I navigate to a samba location I've mounted in Nautilus on the command line?
This is the same question here (and a bit of here too), except that I'm running Debian wheezy (7.4). To clear up, these directories do not exist:
/run/user
/var/run/user
~/.cache/gvfs
And this directory is empty:
~/.gvfs/
And the GVFS mounted…
Mike T
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Ubuntu: is there a better file manager than Nautilus?
Is there a package readily available that can replace & enhance the functionality of Nautilus?
jldupont
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How to open some location in new tab in existing nautilus window? (from console)
I want to type something in console that will open some location (on example home dir) in already opened nautilus window. Is it possible?
klew
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Where does Nautilus file manager mounts ftp/smb connections?
Ubuntu 16.04. I want to know in what point of the file system tree does Nautilus file manager mounts the ftp/smb connections. I thought it could be on the same directory where external storage devices get mounted, namely /media/my_user/disk or…
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Nautilus: is there a way to change a symlink using Nautilus?
Is there a way to change a symlink using Nautilus?
jldupont
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