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Nautilus Tips and Tricks

Managing Nautilus from the keyboard

You don’t have to be slowed down by the mouse just because you are using a GUI. Nautilus has great keyboard shortcuts that will allow you to use it quickly and effectively.

Here is a quick table of the shortcut keys and their functionality

Key(s) Action
Searching
Start Typing Select the matching name of a file or directory
CTRL+F Search filenames and content of indexed files
CTRL+S Selects all files or directories matching a pattern
Display and Window Management
CTRL+N Create a new Nautilus window
CTRL+W Close a Nautilus window
CTRL+SHIFT+W Close all Nautilus windows
CTRL+1 View files in icon mode
CTRL+2 View files in list mode
F9 Toggle sidebar pane
File Management
CTRL+H Show hidden files
CTRL+SHIFT+N Create a new folder
CTRL+T or Del Delete the file or directory and move to the trash
Shift+Del Delete the selected file or directory and skip the trash
F2 Rename the selected file or directory
Alt+Enter View properties of the selected file or directory
Movement
CTRL+L Move into the location bar
Alt+HOME Go to your $HOME folder
* or + or SHIFT+RArrow Expand Directory in list view
- or SHIFT+LArrow Close Directory in list view
ALT+LArrow Browse through files and folders to the left
ALT+RArrow Browse through files and folders to the right
ALT+UArrow Move to the parent folder one level above
ALT+DArrow Open the selected file or folder
Accessibility
CTRL++ Zoom in
CTRL+- Zoom out
CTRL+0 Normal zoom

 

-->>from http://opensuse-tutorials.com/2008/07/nautilus-tips-and-tricks/




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