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Piotr Czekalski
Asked: 2018-08-12 10:23:29 +0800 CST

Nautilus show folders before files does not work in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

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I'm having a problem with Nautilus, showing an alphabetical list of files and folders. Obviously, an option to list folders first then files, is gone. I noticed listing order change after some upgrade (hard to say now, which one was that):

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I was trying the solution proposed here: Nautilus: Make “Show folders before files” option persist?, with no luck. I do not notice the permission problems when starting Nautilus from the bash. Is there any magic configuration setting to change the listing for Folders First?

nautilus 18.04

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You can change this from the Nautilus preferences. Open the context Menu from the top-right of a Nautilus Window:

    Nautilus Context Menu

    Tick 'Sort folders before files'. Nautilus Preferences

    If that doesn't work you can edit the Dconf file directly, the easiest way is using the Dconf Editor: Install Dconf Editor (sudo apt install dconf-editor), open it and then navigate to:

    org → gtk → settings → file-chooser → sort-directories-first and set it to True.

    dconf editor

    Alternatively, run this command in the terminal:

    dconf write /org/gtk/settings/file-chooser/sort-directories-first true
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  2. It is also possible to use the pre-installed gsettings command line utility for that:

    gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser sort-directories-first true

    The current setting can be checked like this:

    gsettings get org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser sort-directories-first
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