On ubuntu 16.04 (100% satisfaction) I used to select and open folders/files on desktop using keyboard, up/down, left/right arrow keys; not the mouse. I cannot do this anymore on ubuntu 20.04 Any work around ?
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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 have Ubuntu 13.1 installed with the default window manager and DE.   I am trying to enable single click so I can open files and folders with only one click. I tried googling and all results said to open files, then go to preferences from top bar but my top bar has no options.  picture of desktop:
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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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When you hold Shift while right-clicking a folder in Windows, the context menu includes the option to Open command window here.  Is there a registry tweak, or an extension/add-on, which frees you from the need to hold Shift for this operation?
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Possible Duplicate:          On Windows I am able to switch between keyboard layouts by pressing Alt+Shift. Is there a similar keyboard shortcut in Ubuntu?
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I love how you can resize windows by pressing alt+middle-mouse-button and drag.  Though now I got a mouse which doesn't support pressing the middle mouse button..   How do I do to change the combination from alt+middle-mouse-button to alt+right-mouse-button?  (On Ubuntu 11.04 with unity)
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I created a shortcut via "make link" option. When I enter to this shortcut's folder I can't see any folders above it so I can't easily navigate to them.  Is there a way to go one folder up in the GUI? Maybe a hotkey? (Can't do cd .. this time ^__^ ).      In Windows for example I am indeed able to navigate in the way I describe, here is a Win10 image that explains it:
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Ubuntu 18.04 (and presumably other versions that use Gnome, such as 17.10 and 18.10) has global keyboard shortcuts for switching among applications based on their location in the dock with Super-0...9:    But if you have multiple windows a given application open, instead of switching to the application, it will display a menu of all the open windows. You have to select one of the windows (using Enter or the mouse) to switch to the application.    Is there a way of having these global shortcuts instead automatically switch to the window of the application that's closest to the foreground?
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In most Linux window managers, one can use the Alt key while clicking and dragging to rearrange windows. This is one of my favorite features of Linux window managers.  Is there a way to do this in Windows 7?
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On earlier Linux GUI Desktops, it was quick and easy to  move around or resize any window just by holding the ALT Button + clicking and dragging the mouse on almost any position of the app window, so there was no need to "aim" for a specific "handle" or spot on the window.   With Ubuntu Mate 15.04, it seems it does not work anymore. Surprisingly, I haven't even managed to find a solution on the net yet.  Does anyone know how to re-enable this feature on the default Ubuntu Mate 15.04 Desktop ?
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I'd like to know if it's safe to rename user folders like "Desktop", "Documents", "Music" (I want them to start lowercase)?  Are there any programs in a default installation of Ubuntu (10.10/11.04) that expect those folders to exist and that cannot be configured to use different ones?
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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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As a Linux user, I'm a heavy workspace user. Windows 10 has that, but I would still like to switch between them the way I do in Linux, where I use ctrl+alt+right or left to switch between workspaces.  However, for Windows 10 it's rather ctrl+windows+right or left.  How do I modify these Windows 10 shortcuts to those of Linux?
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Since Ubuntu 18.04 I can't drag a file e.g. image file to an open application such as Inkscape or  email message window. In Ubuntu 17.10 I was able to select the image file by clicking on it, and while holding down left mouse button I would hit the supper key displaying all open windows where for there I could then drop the file in any open app or folders. This is no longer possible/default behaviour since Ubuntu 18.04. Is there a workaround that would allow me to achieve this or even a way to recreate the same behaviour like in 17.10?
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I'm on 12.04 Desktop.  When browsing the file system, it's convenient to type Ctrl+L so as to get the file path "Location" to render as a string; I can then modify the file path or even paste something in and get redirected right where I want to go.  But often, after typing Ctrl+L, I find myself wanting to revert back to the normal way Nautilus renders the file path (as a series of buttons/links). What's the magical shortcut to "undo" Ctrl+L and go back to "normal mode"? Thanks in advance!
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Is there any way of selecting a text with keyboard the way I do it normally using Shift+arrows.
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I'm trying to change the behavior of the right click menu in ubuntu 10.10 because I use Windows 7 and Ubuntu.  When you right click you need to hold the right click and select something.  In Windows the is different right click (release) select something with left click  Is there a way to change this in ubuntu?  I'm running the ubuntu in vmware 7  Is that behavior normal?