I must be missing something really obvious, but when in Nautilus, how do I create a new folder if the window is full of other folders/files?
Whenever I right click, only the context menu of a subfolder/file is given, as the window is full:
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Well, I filled a bug report on bugzilla.gnome.org and I feel stupid now... This feature still exists.
The solution is to create a blank file named for instance new inside the ~/Templates/ folder of your home directory.
→ On non-English installations, the templates directory might have another name. One can find the actual directory with
xdg-user-dir TEMPLATES.
If you're still facing the problem, Check the file in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs if XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR variable is set correctly. If it is set to $HOME/ instead of $HOME/Templates/, correct and save that file.
To quickly get a file path in Nautilus we can use the right click context entry "Copy" to copy the file path to the clipboard.
Then just "Paste" (resp. "Paste Filenames") this path from the clipboard to the other application, e.g. a text editor.
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Switch back to icon view, so you can click outside the area of where the folders are. In list view, clicking anywhere will select the row you're clicking on.
Alternatively, you can just press Ctrl+Shift+N to create a new folder.
Would also be reasonable to file a bug that it's not easy to create a new folder with right clicking in list view when screen is full, though it can be done in icon view.