Nautilus won't use my folder view settings
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Nautilus won't use my folder view settings
I set Nautilus to use compact view by default and set the default zoom level to 66%. But whenever I browse to a new folder, it defaults to compact view in 100% zoom instead. 'Reset view to default' doesn't do anything. I can change the zoom manually, and then it remembers, but I don't want to keep doing this. I want ALL folders to be shown as the default with no exceptions. How can I fix this?
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- darkstrike
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Re: Nautilus won't use my folder view settings
Sorry to bump an older post, but I am having the same issue as the OP. I've set my preferences to default to Compact view with a zoom level of 66% as well, but upon opening new folders, they still default to Compact view at 100% zoom level...?
Also, does Nautilus have some sort of "apply view settings to all folders" setting?
Also, does Nautilus have some sort of "apply view settings to all folders" setting?
Last edited by darkstrike on Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:38 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Nautilus won't use my folder view settings
There are probably some global settings that you can get to via gconf-editor or a tool
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions ... l-settings
http://askubuntu.com/questions/167010/h ... to-compact
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions ... l-settings
http://askubuntu.com/questions/167010/h ... to-compact
- darkstrike
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Re: Nautilus won't use my folder view settings
I tried the command found in your second link to move my Nautilus config to see if that did the trick: mv ~/.config/nautilus ~/.config/nautilus.bak
The command worked, but it didn't fix Nautilus - it's still not changing the view settings like I want it to. I took a closer look by looking into the Nautilus config directory AND the Nautilus config backup directory I just made in my Home directory - both are empty...?
Is the reason my Nautilus is not working because it's not saving the config files? Is there any way I could rectify this?
The command worked, but it didn't fix Nautilus - it's still not changing the view settings like I want it to. I took a closer look by looking into the Nautilus config directory AND the Nautilus config backup directory I just made in my Home directory - both are empty...?
Is the reason my Nautilus is not working because it's not saving the config files? Is there any way I could rectify this?