When browsing files in the dash and I click a file it opens the file. Is it possible to instead choose to view the folder of the file in Nautilus? If, how?
Here's an example to clarify. I want to rename a file that I worked on yesterday. I open the dash and view earlier files. There I find the file but the only possible choice seems to be to open the file. What I would like to is to view the folder of the file in Nautilus so that I may rename it via Nautilus.
Best Answer
It is intended that dragging the file over the launcher & dropping onto the 'Home Folder' icon, which should be highlighted, will open a nautilus window at the folder where the file is located
At the moment in 11.10, when doing this nautilus may only open a Home folder window instead, no matter where the file is.
If this is the case then it can be corrected by changing the
Exec=line in nautilus-home.desktop to look like this (adding a %U, note there is a space after nautilusYou can simply edit the existing nautilus-home.desktop in /usr/share/applications
Or of you have a custom nautilus-home.desktop then edit the
Exec=in the top section, no need to add%Uto any of the quicklist entriesA few usage notes -
The Dash remains open after dropping the file. To raise nautilus click on the Home Folder icon. You can open multiple files by switching back & forth if desired