In the default version of Nautilus that UbuntuGNOME comes with, when you begin typing in a folder, instead of selecting the first matching file, Nautilus executes a full search of all subdirectories. The search is laggy, and moreover is not what most users are accustomed to happening. In the default Unity-based Ubuntu 14.04, the old behavior ("typeahead") has been restored through a patch to Nautilus.
Is there a way to patch Nautilus in UbuntuGNOME to restore "typeahead" functionality?
Best Answer
Execute the following command in terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) to enable the typeahead feature in Ubuntu GNOME:
This is set to
false
in Ubuntu GNOME by default, but set totrue
in Unity, which enables the type-ahead functionality in it.