On Ubuntu 20.04, when I select multiple files on Desktop and move them (either moving icons around on desktop, or moving multiple files to Trash), only the item over which mouse is residing gets moved, the rest are left behind. As a result, I am unable to do multi-icon mouse drag'n'drop actions on Desktop. This behavior doesn't happen when I move files in File manager, across windows and/or folders. Thoughts?
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In Ubuntu 20.04, on the desktop, there is a number of actions I wish I could do, such as, by order of importance :  use keyboard shortcuts such as select all, copy / paste. use drag &amp; drop with icons deactivate the &quot;mouse over&quot; highlight, and restrict the clicking area to only the icon, not the surrounding square  To put it simply, I'd like to have the exact same features as offered by the desktop of Ubuntu 18.04 (probably related to a specific version of GNOME, and not Ubuntu itself). Am I missing something obvious here? I actually see no reason why those actions are removed or deactivated on the desktop, since they all work in any Nautilus window.
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I believe Nautilus is the file system in Ubuntu. When I have two tabs open, in say my home directory, how do I move between them easily?  Is there a shortcut key?  For example: In Firefox, Ctrl + Tab allows you move directly between tabs and that would be very useful in my own file system.
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Is there a way to mv,cp, or any file operation such that I could specify all the files I don't want affected?  For example, say I have a folder with the files file1, file2, and file3, and I want to move file1 and file2 somewhere. Rather than explicitly naming the files to move (mv file1 file2 /path/to/destination), I want to name the files not to move and have all the others in the folder get moved (mv --some-switch file3 /path/to/destination)
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I have been having issues with Finder and the Dock ever since the upgrade to 10.10.1 (I can't be certain they weren't there in 10.10).   I am unable to drag items off of the Dock (to remove them). I also can't drag items from the download stack that I have beside my trash can in the dock. Dragging the item simply does nothing. If I drag it somewhere and release the mouse button, it just opens the app/file. And in Finder, I am only able to drag and move/copy 86 items. I can select more but when I drag them to a new folder or other location the most that will get moved is 86.  I have confirmed the issue with a friend but have several other friends for which everything is working fine.   I have a mid 2012 retina MBP and my friend has an older (2010 i think) non retina MBP. I have restarted several times and tried to find any sort of setting that might be turned off. Googling doesn't seem to turn up any information either. So I am mostly wondering if anyone else is having this issue and/or if it is an OSX bug or how to fix it.  Thanks.  Update  Running repair disk permissions from disk utility then restarting worked for a while. But then things went right back to not working again. Going to test some things to see what might be causing it to revert.  Update 2  It turns out that restarting does fix it temporarily and repair permissions has nothing to do with it. I am assuming I didn't notice this before because it is being caused by an application that was reopening (because I usually check off the "Reopen applications" option).  Update 3  For clarity, here are videos showing what the issue is.    In this video it is working as it should be (right after a restart): In this video it is not working:
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I'm having a strange problem on Ubuntu 17.10: when I try to drag and drop something inside Nautilus it simply doesn't work, it doesn't even select the item, it seems like it's ignoring the action... Also, I cannot select things inside nautilus by drawing rectangles with the mouse.  All of these actions work only on the Desktop. Here is a demo:    I'm using the Xorg session with nVidia proprietary drivers. I also noticed that Nautilus seems to hang when I try to copy, paste or cut a file...  EDIT 1: I solved the problem for the slow copy/paste by disabling the clipboard sync plugin of KDEConnect. I also discovered that if I open Nautilus as root, I can drag and drop or select whatever I want...
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I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS a little while and I consider myself a beginner.  I am using the Nautilus file manager:    I wonder if you can navigate the folders through the directory tree, like in Windows through folders or the + sign.
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I would like to know if there is a command I can issue in a terminal so I do not classically remove (rm) the file, but instead move it to trash (i.e. Nautilus Move to Trash behavior).  In case there is such a command, I would also be interested in knowing what it is.
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I was modeling a tree trunk and I placed the origin cursor on the trunk and added an icosphere. But when I tried to select one of them with the mouse it would select both at the same time as if I had joined them (which I know I did not).  Thank you to anyone who answers :)
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If I select an icon in Nautilus and select Properties, I can click on the icon presented there. This gives me a file-chooser dialog to select a new icon image.  I would like to do this via a script of some sort so that I can assign the same icon to many files at once. Or take a list of icons and a list of files and assign them to each other.  Is there some way I can accomplish this? Something in bash or Python would be great, but I'll take what I can get.  Please note:   I am not asking how to change the icon for a file type. I am not asking how to change an icon on the launcher.
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A system like the workspaces in Unity7 had an icon on the dock or something similar that give you the possibility of cycle through virtual desktops with mouse buttons or wheel.     For who is not familiar with Unity7 workspaces and virtual desktops,  to understand.  How can I do the same on GNOME Shell (17.10+)?
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Due to large quantities of Chocolate Cake falling on my computer's touchpad it has become unresponsive at times (though the left- and right-click works fine) and I would like to make it so that when I press CTRL and at the same time hold down one or two of the arrow keys for the mouse to move accordingly. So if the up-arrow key is pressed it will move up, if the left-arrow key, then left, and so, and if the right-arrow key and the top-arrow keys are being help down together for it to move diagonally (and so on for the rest of the keys).  I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18, can this be done? And if so how? I would accept a script which does this.
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How can I navigate folders and subfolders at the same time?  Like "column view" in Mac OS X.    Edit 2: I use Ubuntu 14.04 and I couldn't install Marlin, so I installed "Pantheon File Manager" instead.
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Is it possible to 'enclose' more than one application in a single Unity icon/button? In order to keep under control the number of buttons on launcher, it will be very useful to me to store some applications of the same type (e.g. small accessory applications like take screenshot or web application etc. ) in a single button as that is possible with the xfce panel...
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This question has been asked many times with no answer. I've used my basic Google skills and haven't come across a fix. This is system wide. My mouse simply scrolls too fast.   I'm new to ubuntu and linux in general. Would switching styles or whatever it is called (Ubuntu, KDE, Xubuntu) help at all? Is there a terminal code I can enter?
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Windows 10 introduced Task View - the ability to have multiple virtual desktops. When I am in a window on Desktop 1, what's the quickest way to move it to Desktop 2?  Currently, I need to enter the task switcher (icon in the Taskbar or Win + Tab), find the window, and drag &amp; drop it between desktops. It is inconvenient. Is there a quicker way?
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Is there a setting, key combination or similar to open a folder/subfolder in Finder with a single mouse click ?  I need a general solution which works on any folder in effort to minimize needless clicking ... that tiny triangle aside the folder icon will work yet its just too small and only appears using list view ... inspired by same behavior on osx inside a browser to hold down command key and single click a web link ... forcing users to double click is so 20th Century  Is there a way to enable this on macOS (High Sierra or higher)?  On ubuntu this single click preference is a simple setting ;-)
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I don't need "Ubuntu-tweak" and i know about GUI method of associating certain files with certain applications using right click and "Open with". I am having problem setting filetype association globally in a file:  /usr/share/gnome/applications/defaults.list   E.g.:  image/x-psd=gimp.desktop   If i want to open all PSD's in a photoshop, i have created photoshop.desktop file and placed it under /usr/share/applications. Now when i press Super (windows) key and type Photoshop i see that icon, but i can't:   drag'n'drop that on my desktop. How can i do that? if i change image/x-psd=gimp.desktop to image/x-psd=photoshop.desktop it still opens in a gimp. Why?   Thanks in advance.