By default, this feature is disabled when you installed Ubuntu. The location entry in nautilus lets you use the location box to go to a folder by typing it instead of using to mouse to open one folder at a time until you reach your destination.
This can come in handy if you need to quickly go to a particular location in nautilus without individually opening each folder. This brief tutorial is going to show you how to turn it on in Ubuntu 12.04.
Objectives:
- Enable Always use location entry in Ubuntu 12.04
- Enjoy!
To get started, press Ctrl – Alt – T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the commands below to turn it on.
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gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always-use-location-entry true
You should immediately see the change when you open nautilus.
Enjoy!
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Thanks. Any idea how to do this in Cinnamon/Nemo instead of Nautilus?
That worked great! Thank you.
Thanks. It worked for me.
Thanks! was looking for this – really nice and fast way to enable it without mousing around the gui tools.
thanks a lot