Questions tagged [nautilus]
Nautilus is the official file manager in Gnome.
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How to open a file or folder from Terminal
I'd like to know if there is a way to open a file or a folder from terminal?
When I wrote a URL LINK in terminal, it's allows me to open that link on my default browser. So I'd like to do the same ...
Victor Hugo Souza
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How to use arrow keys while navigating through file tree?
How can I use the arrow keys ← → (right and left) to fold or unfold directories (tree nodes) within e.g. Nautilus or Eclipse instead of using the space bar Space?
Is it possible to bind this? (Note: ...
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How can I jump from the sidebar in Nautilus to the content area at right?
How can I jump from the sidebar in Nautilus to the content area at right? I want the keyboard focus to be inside the content area of the folder, so that I can start typing to initiate a search inside ...
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Ubuntu 11 Unity, how to open several instances of Nautilus with keyboard?
On the default installation of Ubuntu 11.04, if I press Windows key + 1, a Nautilus windows will open. If I press it again, it just brings the one Nautilus already opened to focus. I want to actually ...
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Re-enable editable file path in Nautilus
I'm using Gnome Shell with Ubuntu 11.04. I'm liking it a lot so far, but the only issue is the fact I can't type a file path into Nautilus; I only get the silly breadcrumb buttons. Can someone point ...
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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 ...
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I installed Ubuntu on my parents computer. Besides SCP, is there a lazy way to drag and drop movies from my computer to theirs?
I installed Ubuntu on my parents computer. Besides SCP, is there a lazy way to drag and drop movies from my computer to theirs?
Should I use a virtual desktop? maybe a nautilus plugin or maybe scp ...
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Trash won't open on Ubuntu 10.10
Rhythmbox had double links to all my mp3s because I moved folders and I wanted to get it to rescan so I highlighted everything and clicked "Move to Trash." Now I want to undo this, but Trash won't ...
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In nautilus, how to show context menu on focused file when press Menu Key?
In Windows Explorer, if a file is focused, press Menu Key on keyboard, context menu will show on top of the file. But in Nautilus, the same action shows context menu where the mouse cursor is. That'...
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How to customize Seahorse plugin behavior in Nautilus?
I use Fedora 14. The seahorse-plugins package adds a nifty context menu option in Nautilus that allows you to encrypt/decrypt files easily with your GPG key. But is it possible to customize its ...
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Why does Ubuntu's Nautilus display a folder called "Examples" while the console displays "examples.desktop"
These folders occur at /home/username.
How does this name discrepancy arise? (Uppercase E versus lowercase e.)
It seems to be a shortcut to /usr/share/example-content.
How can I delete /usr/share/...
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Prevent gnome from automatically mounting partition when clicked in nautilus
I have two partitions on a hard drive in my machine that are formatted as ntfs, but must under no circumstance be mounted by my Ubuntu installation (unless I do some preparation first). However ...
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broken nautilus
Not sure how this happened but now the "Places" menu on my Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick opens "VLC" for each of the item on this menu e.g. If I select "Home Folder", VLC opens up and no nautilus file browser ...
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How do I integrate VirusTotal with Nautilus?
Here's a great site: https://www.virustotal.com/index.html
Does anyone have a how to/link, how to integrate a menu in Nautilus?
Like: "send file to Nautilus" when right clicking a file?
Theres an ...
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I want to be able to run the terminal in the folder that is currently open in nautilus
Currently if I have folder "/abc/def/ghz" open on Nautilus and I want to run a terminal command on that folder I have to manually open the terminal and go to that folder.
I'd like to know if there is ...
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