Nautilus Behavior

[shanenin]

I am back to using gnome, and the file manager, nautilus. The default behavior when navigating using it is to open a new window for every directory change. If I need to go three or four levels down, I end up with 3 or 4 open windows. Is their a way to change the settings that don't open multiple windows(like kde and explorer do by default)?

This is not a big deal, 90% of the time I use the shell to look at files, but on occasion I like to point and click.

[jcl]

Run gconf-editor. Check /apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_browser.

Alternatively, leave it in spatial mode and use double-middle-click to open directories.

[shanenin]

thanks, the "always use browser" option works nice. You would think that would be the default setting. It seems more natural, but I guess that is just because I am used to using windows explorer or konqueror.

[jcl]

thanks, the "always use browser" option works nice. You would think that would be the default setting.

It was until... erm, GNOME 2.... something. Ah, 2.6. Then they adopted the MacOS-style spatial file manager. It's supposed to be more usable. And it may well be but since I disabled it immediately I don't know. It isn't a feature I miss from my Mac days.

Edited December 4, 2006 by jcl

[shanenin]

Thats interesting. I guess I have heard the term "spatial file manager", but never took the time to read or understand what it meant. I am sure I could get used to it, but don't really want to.