nautilus

Is there a way to make nautilus display the “recently used” files and directories?

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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 nautilus window, which doesn’t offer to display recently used items: EDIT : This … Read more

Ubuntu: is there a better file manager than Nautilus? [closed]

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Creating Files/Folders With Nautilus in List View

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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 when viewing Nautilus in List View? Answer Actually the problem is … Read more

How to search only current directory in Nautilus (restore old behaviour)

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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 search in entire tree (current and child directories) which is very anoying … Read more

Is there a shortcut key for file browser? (Equiv. of Win+E)

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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? Answer Open System / Preferences / Keyboard shortcuts Scroll down to Desktop/Home folder, click on it, then press Win+E. Click … Read more