GNOME Files (formerly Nautilus) is the official file manager in GNOME.
GNOME Files, formerly known as Nautilus, is the official file manager in the GNOME desktop environment.
The MATE fork of Nautilus is Caja.
Questions tagged [nautilus]
306 questions
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How to show the tree view in left pane of Nautilus?
My question is similar to this one, however the answers provided are not sufficient.
I'm a linux occasional user / learner, not having much background to understand what to do reading between the lines.
I've Ubuntu and Nautilus, in a mode that…
mins
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How to remove duplicate entries in 'Open With' Nautilus dialogue?
Would be nice to be shown the magic button that will help me remove this eyesore:
It's Nautilus 2.30 on Debian (and has been there in previous versions as far as I can remember).
tshepang
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Remove folders from left panel in Nautilus
In the default file manager for Debian, how do I remove the folders bookmarked on the left panel? I have no use for most of the folders there.
Pierre B
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How to show Nautilus toolbar and file tree sidebar?
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?
hpy
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How to use backspace as a shortcut in Nautilus to go up a directory or previous directory
I want to set Backspacekey as a short-cut that will either bring me up one directory (except for root) or will bring me back to the directory I was last in (which every is possible) in Nautilus.
I am using Gnome 3.18
Alex Jones
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Order of opening of documents in Nautilus
From Nautilus, when I select several PDF documents and press Enter, they are all opened, but in an apparently random order. What is determining the order in which these documents are being opened? Is there a way to open them in the order they appear…
Tony Mottaz
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Copying the Active Directory Address from a Nautilus Window
Is this possible? For example, if I'm in ~/Folder1/Folder2, is there a way for me to copy to the clipboard the text string ~/Folder1/Folder2?
George
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navigating nautilus tree using arrow keys
I use mostly command line tools, but sometimes browsing a directory tree is more easy using GUI. In PCManFM I could use the arrow keys to walk the tree and left arrow and right arrow would open a closed tree node (as did explorer on Windows…
Tangi
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Remove automatic back feature of Nautilus
In CentOS 7, Nautilus has this feature that after a time ensures the folder path goes one up i.e.
/path/abc/xyz/filename.ext
if Nautilus is left open and no mouse movement then after sometime if goes to
/path/abc/xyz/
then
/path/abc/
How can one…
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Nautilus scripts in Thunar right-click menu?
Is it possible to insert an entry to Nautilus scripts in the Thunar right-click menu?
I know that Thunar has it's custom actions, but I've got dozens of Nautilus scripts and I really want to achieve this.
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Show item in context menu for specific filetype only using Nautilus-Actions Configuration Tool
Is it possible to show menu item in context menu for specific filetype only using Nautilus-Actions Configuration Tool?
For example, I am have FFmpeg installed in my Ubuntu 14.04 and I want to execute it only for mp4 filetype.
ravi
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How can I mount a SFTP server that needs a PGP key, with nautilus?
I use my PGP key as ssh private key to log into almost all my ssh servers (thanks to gpg-agent). I now want to connect to it with SFTP via nautilus, but every time I try I get a 'Access denied' popup.
From what I gathered through my research,…
Jangberry
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Files Arrangement
Even after selecting arrange items by type in preference menu of the Files(Nautilus) on Debian 8.2 ,the items are not arranged by type.I have everything mixed up from .pdf's in between .mp4's to .zip.Any help is appreciated.
does_it_matter
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