You can use Compiz settings manager (you need to install "compizconfig-settings-manager" package, and then run the "CompizConfig manager" from the "System->Preferences" menu).
Under the "Accessibility" item, you have "opacity, luminosity" option. There you can define the opacity (and then, transparency) of your windows, and you can set it based on the window title or type...
If you create a new item here, you can type "class=Nautilus" and select the transparency you want. Then all Nautilus windows will be transparent.
This is a known feature ??#!! (known since 2006), but to many (myself included), it is more of a bug; but it isn't a bug, because it works as intended, ie. it sorts numbers as integers, not as text strings... To be kind to this issue, it is technically not a bug, but just a case of: "limited sorting options".
Here is bugzilla page on this point: Bug 355152 - Sorting by name doesn't work with digits..
A quote from that page: "This is just wrong. Any user intent is completely nuked by a strange sorting algorithm" ... my sentiments, exactly.
This default (only?) sort algorithm is handy for some people (I assume), but it doesn't suit me, so I've learnt to live with it by simply adding leading 0's, as a matter of course...
.. Here is another well-intended (human??) but odd-ball sorting feature which could benefit from some options: Nautilus: Copy file to same directory gives a whacky sort sequence
..and I won't even mention how the sorting algorithm completely ignores leading non-alphanumeric characters (like they don't exist).... oops, I just mentioned it :)
nautilus is significantly grafted into the desktop, and offers such features as auto mounting, and file/folder notes, so I put up with this sorting anomaly; I just name my files in accordance with this algorithm, ie zero-padded numbers, and no leading non-alphanumeric characters...
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Answering a different question, I was reminded of an option that has now been deeply hidden by default, "Editable Menu Accelerators." This can let you do nearly what you want.
To enable this option, launch
gconf-editorfrom the terminal or the "Run Application" dialog (Alt-F2).Navigate to
desktop>gnome>interfaceand check can_change_accelsOr just run this line in a terminal:
Now, to change an application shortcut key, open the menu, and with the mouse pointer on the menu item you wish to change, press the new combination of keys. To remove a shortcut key, press Backspace or Delete.
So you can get new directories with
F7and deleting byF8, but I still don't think that you can get the nifty cross pane coping ect in Nautilus.So while what you're after might not be completely possible with Nautilus, it's also worth mentioning that you can still use a "commander" in Ubuntu.
Check out Midnight Commander if console applications are your style.
sudo apt-get install mcIf you're looking for something that integrates into the desktop, try GNOME Commander. It's a two-pane graphical file manager in the "commander" style, with your familiar hot keys.
sudo apt-get install gnome-commander