Where are Preferences / settings in Nautilus?

Cannot find how to set preferences of Nautilus [called ‘file’ by the look of it] in OpenSUSE12.3-64 Gnome 3.6

Found this reference to it on the net, which states that:

After opening Nautilus you need to click on the Nautilus icon on top panel to pull down the various settings / preferences.

However, as can be seen from the screenshot below … there is NO such icon … or Menu … across the top of my instance of Nautilus??

Anybody any clues as to why not??? … without that missing ‘File’ menu, the application is crippled!! … {no split screen etc}

see - no menu bar
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On the top bar, almost in the left corner > right click

Hi the correct pic is here . It is in top panel

Thanks for the suggestion caf … however, i cannot get that to work here! … below is a screenshot of what appears when i RH click on the LH top corner of the Nautilus interface …

… HOWEVER … if i log onto a KDE session and load Nautilus … then the menu appears when LH click on the Wheel Icon in the RH corner … see below. The ‘Preferences’ menu link appears there!! … but that does not help me with my Gnome 3.6 setup …

ALSO … while i am at it … looking in the ‘Preferences’ menu when in a KDE session there is nowhere i can find the SPLIT SCREEN option??? It was there with Nautilus under OS 12.2 - 32 bit … but i cannot locate it … surely it has not been removed!!?

idk :cry:

In GNOME 3.6 the preferences are in the top panel as mentioned/shown in my earlier post
The split functionality in Nautilus has been removed in GNOME 3.6

Well … as it turns out you are right Vaz … the preferences ARE in the top panel … but ONLY after the window has been maximized!! . … viz:

**::Nautilus UNmaximized:: NO access to Preferences Menu
**http://files.zimpics.org/os/Nautilus_OOTB1.png
**.
.
.
::Nautilus MAXimized:: Now has access to Preferences Menu
**http://files.zimpics.org/os/Nautilus_Maxed.png

HOWEVER … once in the maximized state the window looses its menu for Window Control … ie … it cannot be UNmaximized again and hogs the whole screen!!! Even after re-boot!!! *

Eventually i found a way to UNmax it … and that is to use the hot key ‘Alt-F5’

But what a mess!! … eh???

and to now learn that they have removed what is considered by me as it’s most useful functionality of all … the Split Screen … then its a ‘big goodbye’ to Nautilus from me!*

Try double clicking the title bar

I agree, split screen loss is a big downer.
A lot of the changes made have made work so much more time consuming.

griadooss wrote:
> and to now learn that they have removed what is considered by me as
> it’s most useful functionality of all … the Split Screen … then its
> a ‘big goodbye’ to Nautilus from me!
Since copying to functionality now opens a dialogue window with full
menus etc. they have decided to drop split. you can drag and drop
between two nautilus windows though


GNOME 3.6.2
openSUSE Release 12.3 (Dartmouth) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop

griadooss wrote:

> HOWEVER … ONCE IN THE MAXIMIZED STATE THE WINDOW LOOSES ITS MENU FOR
> WINDOW CONTROL
… IE … IT CANNOT BE UNMAXIMIZED AGAIN AND HOGS THE
> WHOLE SCREEN!!! EVEN AFTER RE-BOOT!!! *
>
> EVENTUALLY I FOUND A WAY TO UNMAX IT … AND THAT IS TO USE THE **HOT
> KEY ‘ALT-F5’
> But what a mess!! … eh???

It is simple to un-maximize in maximise mode. you just need to
catch/click on the top bar of Nautilus (not the panel) and drag it down :wink:

GNOME 3.6.2
openSUSE Release 12.3 (Dartmouth) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop


But if the ‘top bar of Nautilus’ was visible/available to click on and ‘grab’, as suggested … then it would be possible to RH click it and get the Window Management menu … and resize etc.

As can be see from the screenshot dubbed ::Nautilus MAXimized:: above, the ‘top bar’ is NOT accessible! It is positioned/hidden under the Desktop ‘top bar’ which contains the menu ‘Activities’ on the left ‘Date/Time’ in the centre and ‘User Name’ on the right!.. Hence the window cannot be gabbed and dragged or resized via the standard windows management menu [on my installation at any rate … brand new install of 12.3-64!]

Not to worry … i wont be using it anymore … i will switch to Dolphin.

Thanks for the input Vaz. Much appreciated.

:slight_smile:

griadooss wrote:
>
> vazhavandan;2573061 Wrote:
>> It is simple to un-maximize in maximise mode. you just need to
>> catch/click on the top bar of Nautilus (not the panel) and drag it down
>> :wink:
>>
>
>
> But if the ‘top bar of Nautilus’ was visible/available to click on and
> ‘grab’, as suggested … then it would be possible to RH click it and get
> the Window Management menu … and resize etc.
>
> As can be see from the screenshot dubbed ::Nautilus MAXimized:: above,
> the ‘top bar’ is NOT accessible! It is positioned/hidden under the
> Desktop ‘top bar’ which contains the menu ‘Activities’ on the left
> ‘Date/Time’ in the centre and ‘User Name’ on the right!.. Hence the
> window cannot be gabbed and dragged or resized via the standard windows
> management menu [on my installation at any rate … brand new install of
> 12.3-64!]
>
> Not to worry … i wont be using it anymore … i will switch to Dolphin.
>
> Thanks for the input Vaz. Much appreciated.
>
> :slight_smile:
>
>
good that you find you found an alternative in KDE
On another note, though the top bar is invisible you can drag the top
whitish bar and it will restore/un-maximize. Keyboard combination is
meta/win key + down arrow / meta/win key + up arrow . Other keyboard
navigations in Nautilus .
Alt+ left /right <== move back and forward in history
Alt + up /down arrow <== move through folder hierarchy


GNOME 3.6.2
openSUSE Release 12.3 (Dartmouth) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop