Ubuntu – How to enable file creation from nautilus right-click menu on Gnome

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I have got Ubuntu Gnome 15.04, with Gnome Shell, and Gnome 3.14, and I have noticed that unlike with Unity, Nautilus does not have the option to create different files with a right-click, just the ability to create a new folder. How can I add this option?


OS Information:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 15.04
Release:    15.04
Codename:   vivid

Package Information:

nautilus:
  Installed: 1:3.14.2-0ubuntu9.1
  Candidate: 1:3.14.2-0ubuntu9.1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.14.2-0ubuntu9.1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.14.2-0ubuntu9 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages

Best Answer

Create a new (empty) file with the file type of your choice in ~/Templates, eg a simple (txt) file:

touch ~/Templates/empty.txt

After that you can create a new file with a right click in Nautilus.


Example screenshot

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