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I've installed the latest Scientific Linux 6. But when I opened the included Nautilus file manager, there is no file tree sidebar and no toolbar, nor status bar. How do I activate them?

Timo
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hpy
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For the sidepane, you can either hit F9 or go to View and select sidepane.

Similarly, for the toolbar and status bars, select them from the View menu.

jasonwryan
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  • Hitting F9 didn't work, and I don't see those options in my View menu! What's wrong? BTW, I am using Nautilus version 2.28.4. – hpy May 30 '11 at 03:53
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    I'm on 2.32.0. You are in spatial mode http://library.gnome.org/users/user-guide/stable/nautilus-presentation.html.en Open run menu (Alt-F2) enter gconf-editor and browse to apps/nautilus/preferences and select "always use browser." – jasonwryan May 30 '11 at 04:21
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There's another option:

If Nautilus (your file manager) is just a box (spatial view) go to "edit", then select "preferences" and in "behaviour" choose "Always open in browser windows". Then close the window and open it again.

random_internet_dude
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  • And if that option doesn't show up then see my answer here https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/434155/how-to-launch-browser-mode-by-default-in-older-versions-of-nautilus/434157#434157 – Jared K Mar 28 '18 at 20:12