bookmarksnautilus
So when I add a new user, I want them to have a nice set of Nautilus bookmarks pre-loaded.
If I look in:
~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks
I see this:
...
file:///home/myuserid/Documents
file:///home/myuserid/Music
file:///home/myuserid/Pictures
file:///home/myuserid/Videos
file:///home/myuserid/Downloads
...
Simple enough but actually not very helpful. How does this file get created?
In order to achieve that.. you should edit the Nautilus source code and the nautilus.desktop file or using another file manager that allows this, such as nemo.
1) Make sure you have enable the Source code repository
Open a Terminal Window to update the repositories.
sudo apt-get update2) In the Terminal type the following to install the necessary packages.
sudo apt-get install build-essential quilt3) Install build dependencies.
sudo apt-get build-dep nautilus4) Create a folder to download the source code.
mkdir ~/Downloads/src
cd ~/Downloads/src
5) Download the source code & Export variables.
apt-get source nautilus
export QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches
export EDITOR=gedit
6) Create the patch and edit the source code.
cd nautilus-3.6.3/
quilt new my_custom_places.patch
quilt edit src/nautilus-places-sidebar.c
Custom Trash: To change the name of the Trash.You can change the strings in the lines 567 and 569.
eg: "Trash" to "Custom Trash" & "Open the trash" to "Open the Custom Trash"
Add Folder: In this example I will add the "Test" folder in my home directory /home/virtual/Test. (change the folder according to your needs)
After the line number 562 add the following:
/* add Test directory */
mount_uri = "file:///home/virtual/Test";
icon = g_themed_icon_new (NAUTILUS_ICON_FOLDER);
add_place (sidebar, PLACES_BUILT_IN,
SECTION_COMPUTER,
_("Test"), icon, mount_uri,
NULL, NULL, NULL, 0,
_("Open Test folder"));
g_object_unref (icon);
Remove Recent Files: To remove the Recent Files from the places... delete the lines from 525 to 534.
Save the changes.
7) Build the deb packages.
quilt refreshfakeroot dpkg-buildpackage8) Install the deb packages.
cd ..
sudo dpkg -i *deb
9) For system-wide..edit the nautilus.desktop file to add the folder eg:(/home/virtual/Test) in the quick list.
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktopChange:
Actions=Window;
To:
Actions=Test;Window;
Add:
[Desktop Action Test]
Name=Test
Exec=nautilus --new-window /home/virtual/Test
OnlyShowIn=Unity;
Before:
After:
10) Finally you can logout and Login to see the changes.
RESULT:
Hope this helps.
To add and remove custom bookmarks, refer to the documentation in Files ▸ Help ▸ Edit folder bookmarks:
Add a bookmark:
Open the folder (or location) that you want to bookmark.
Click the gear button in the toolbar and pick Bookmark this Location.
Delete a bookmark:
Click on Files in the top bar and pick Bookmarks from the app menu.
In the Bookmarks window, select the bookmark you wish to delete and click the
-button.
The "gear button" is on the right side of Nautilus:
It will be grayed out if the location you've opened is already bookmarked.
The bookmarks seen under the "Places" heading are an exception:
They're not just bookmarks, but XDG user directories with a separate configuration backend, so the Nautilus developers deliberately chose to disable removing them.
The issue of working around this limitation is being discussed in this question.
Best Answer
You can edit your own bookmarks file. On each line, specify a bookmark URL (either as
file:///...orsmb://orftp://, etc) followed by a space and a user-friendly name, which may contain spaces. Nautilus will pick it up automatically.