This brief tutorial will show you how to always use the location entry in the title bar with Nautilus in Ubuntu Lucid or Maverick. This is good in that it allows you to see the current folder path in Nautilus. You could also use it to type the location entry instead of using the navigator button on the menu.
Getting started:
To get started, press Alt-F2 on your keyboard, then type the command below and click Run:
gconf-editor
Then expand:
apps --> nautilus --> preferences
Put a check mark into the name ‘always_use_location_entry’ and close out.
Now take a look. When you open Nautilus, the location entry will always be shown.
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As an alternate solution you can type this in a terminal window:
gconftool-2 –set “/apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_location_entry” –type bool true
The title bar is not the location bar.rnIt is a well-made explanation. My respect for the screenshots and everything.rnrnBut, if you do some research you will find a lot of forums where people ask for a solution for the title bar, and get the “always_use_location_entry” as a reply. Imagine how pissed these poor guys must be if they find yet another such tip in their google results, which promises “title bar” and delivers location bar.rnrnThere is another problem with this solution, which is: For very long paths (which is common if you are browsing a remote dir structure), the first part is hidden. Which sucks big time, because now the most important part (the server name) is not visible.rnrnHere is the feature request on Ubuntu brainstorm,rnhttp://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/16705
It really helps me,thank you.