So I recently upgraded to 18.04 from 16.04 and whilst my experience has been good one thing kinda bugs me when using the file browser (Nautilus).   When I'm in a directory and I wish to search in this directory Nautilus starts searching in my entire computer instead of just snapping to the first file/folder starting with the letter I typed.   So the behaviour I'm looking for is basically this. Imagine I have a directory with 3 folders in it called foo, bar and baz. Then when I click the letter 'B' I simply want nautilus to snap to bar, instead of bringing up this search bar as it does now.   Is this possible?
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Before upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, I was using Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS. When I was in the file browser, I was able to access a file just by writing some letters; it just got selected and it was super fast.   After upgrading, when I start typing a search is launched and it's a little bit slow. I prefer the old method.  I tried searching on the internet but didn't know exactly what to type on the search bar.  How can I disable this automatic search? Thank you
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There is some behavior I can't understand in the Unity Desktop.   Open nautilus via. clicking in the launcher onto the home-button Navigate to for example the windows-partition in nautilus Minimize nautilus Click on nautilus in the launcher doesn't open the nautilus with windows-partition, instead it opens a new window with the home folder.   Is there a workaround for this strange behavior?  Regards, Arthur
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If I create a bookmark with Nautilus, its location is stored on ~/.gtk-bookmarks, but not its name. I've created a test bookmark named weirdy, and tried to do a grep on my home for that name, and I found nothing. Where does Nautilus store bookmark names?
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Question:  Ubuntu's file manager, Nautilus, comes with a wide support for file previews. These thumbnails are handled by helper programs called thumbnailers.  The number of thumbnailers that come preinstalled with Ubuntu are limited and thus some more exotic file types aren't rendered by default.   What additional thumbnailers can I install to activate previews in these cases?     Related Q&amp;As:      Note:   Feel free to contribute to this list by editing the community wiki answer. If you do so please follow the guidelines in  and use the preexisting pattern to keep the answer consistent.
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Since I installed EasyTag on my Arch Linux several other programs use EasyTag instead of Nautilus as filebrowser.  For example, Firefox starts EasyTag if I click on "open containing folder".  Where can I set Nautilus as my "standard file browser"?
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I'm currently working with Atom, and sometimes I want to open a terminal on the directory my working file is. To do this, I usually have to open the folder in nautilus (right clicking the file in atom) and then I open a terminal on that directory from nautilus (right click).  I wonder if there is a way to open the terminal in the file directory without having to open nautilus first.
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I want to use the "BackSpace" button as a shortcut key on nautilus. I want to return to the previous folder whilst browsing the Home folder, just like windows 7.   Also I want the same thing while using Firefox, In a way that when I press the shortcut key I will return to the previous web page.
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I have created 100&nbsp;GB for /. When I opened Nautilus I have found the root folder. So what is difference between / and /root?  My username is enigma, and I have a folder named enigma in the /home folder and another folder with the same name in /media. What is the difference between these two folders and when do I have to use the second folder?
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I would like to configure and change some shortcut keys of Nautilus (file manager of Ubuntu). Does anyone know where I could do that?  Edit1: Precisely, initial binding for "go to parent folder" in Nautilus is Tab + Up arrow, I would like to chang it to Ctrl + Up arrow because Tab + Up arrow has already been set to other things via Compiz.
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I must be missing something really obvious, but when in Nautilus, how do I create a new folder if the window is full of other folders/files?  Whenever I right click, only the context menu of a subfolder/file is given, as the window is full:
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One of the ways I quickly rename files in Windows is   F2 &gt; Rename &gt; Tab (to next file) &gt; Rename ...   But in Ubuntu/Nautilus, I can't tab to next file. But being on Linux, I think there must be a command line alternative.  However, sometimes, I may want more control over how to rename specific files. In that case, perhaps its better to be able to tab to the next file
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Recursive search in nautilus 3.6 completely breaks my keyboard navigation. I often navigate network volumes, and typing to get directly to a folder and clicking enter was very quick. Now typing removes everything in the view and imposes a 30 second delay which is completely useless.  If it showed whats in the current directory immediately, and then searched it would be fine, but as it is now I just want to turn it off. I couldn't find anything in dconf-settings. Anyone know how to disable it?
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how can I hide files in Nautilus permanently? When I uncheck the "show hidden files" button, the files get hidden. But when I open Nautilus the next time they are always back, which is quite annoying and makes Nautilus unusable.
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Please could you tell me where can I find the File Manager Preferences in Ubuntu ... (now for 16:04 LTS).  The menu bar has disappeared from Nautilus, as also have the resize handles and the top-bar right-click menu (except for 'Close').  The window gets a little smaller every time I open it, it's gradually disappearing and I can't presently correct it.  I'm using Gnome not Unity, so the fixes for unity don't work.  I would have preferred to add these observations as comments, but I still have too few reputations to do that, so have to ask a new copy of the same question instead.
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I accidentally deleted my Documents folder and didn't notice it for a couple days. Somewhere in that time, Nautilus auto-updated my list of Places so it no longer includes my Documents folder. I have since restored my Documents folder, but the Places link is still missing. How do I get it back?
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In Ubuntu 11.04 when I right click on a file in Nautilus and chose "open with" I could select application and tick on check box to make it default application for certain file type  In 11.10 there is no such option, so I'm wondering what's alternative to it now?
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Say I have a folder open in Nautilus that's in my /home/user/temp directory. I'd like to move a folder from there to my /opt directory (it's a program). Is there a way I can elevate the copy command up to a sudo so that I can copy the folder without having to start a new instance of Nautilus from the command line?