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Gennaro Arguzzi
Asked: 2020-06-11 01:46:19 +0800 CST

Ctrl + Shift + m works in the folders, but not on the Desktop to create shortcuts [duplicate]

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I'd like to create a desktop shortcut of a folder by using Ctrl+Shift+M; the problem is that this key-combination works in the folders, but not on the desktop. How can I fix it?

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  1. Best Answer

    You cannot, unless you contribute to further development of the Desktop Icons Gnome Shell extension.

    Since a few Ubuntu versions, the icons on the desktop are not anymore provided by the file manager, nautilus. A quite new Gnome Shell extension has been developed to provide icons on the desktop. However, this desktop extension still is limited in many aspects, and is not (yet?) capable of replicating all functionality/workflows/hotkeys of nautilus.

    So you are limited as of now to use the right-click menu to create new folders directly on the desktop.

    If this is critical to your workflow right now, you may consider substituting nautilus with nemo, or even choose to use a different desktop environment that fully supports icons on the desktop.

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