Ubuntu – way to open the “Connect to Server” without opening Nautilus first

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Currently the only way I know of to open the "Connect to server" dialog box is to open up Nautilus first.

While this isn't that complex a task, it still requires using the mouse, at a minimum:

  1. Launch Nautilus (Super + 1)
  2. Move mouse to top left to "File"
  3. Select "Connect to server"

It would be great if I could simply click the Super button to go into the dash and type "connect to" and click enter.

Best Answer

My suggestion is that you add it to your Home icon on the launcher, like this:

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«That's insanely cool!», you say, «But how do I do that?». Well, you just copy and paste the desktop file I made for you into an empty file and copy that to your ~/.local/share/applications/ folder. Name the file "nautilus.desktop". You need to log out and back in afterwards. Here goes: 


[Desktop Entry]
Name=Files
Comment=Access and organize files
Exec=nautilus %U
Icon=system-file-manager
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;Core;
MimeType=inode/directory;application/x-gnome-saved-search;
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=nautilus
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=3.2.1
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=nautilus
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Connect;Videos;Documents;Music;Pictures;Downloads
[Connect Shortcut Group]
Name=Connect
Exec=nautilus-connect-server
TargetEnvironment=Unity



[Videos Shortcut Group]
Name=Videos
Exec=nautilus Videos
TargetEnvironment=Unity



[Documents Shortcut Group]
Name=Documents
Exec=nautilus Documents
TargetEnvironment=Unity



[Music Shortcut Group]
Name=Music
Exec=nautilus Music
TargetEnvironment=Unity



[Pictures Shortcut Group]
Name=Pictures
Exec=nautilus Pictures
TargetEnvironment=Unity



[Downloads Shortcut Group]
Name=Downloads
Exec=nautilus Downloads
TargetEnvironment=Unity
.

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