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Mohammad Reza Rezwani
Asked: 2014-06-16 22:51:40 +0800 CST

Is there any shortcut keys to open nautilus

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By ctrl+alt+t I can open terminal. So Is there any keyswitch to open nautilus? or we should define that?

nautilus

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  1. Best Answer

    By default there is none, but you can set one: 

    System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Custom shortcut

    Then press the + Button. The command to run is nautilus.

    After creating the shortcut, click 'disabled' then press the desired key combination (e.g., Super + E) to set the new shortcut.

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  2. Super+1 opens Nautilus, at least in the default Ubuntu + Unity installation.

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  3. If you're coming from Windows and are used to Win + E for opening explorer, I'd suggest following the steps below to achieve the same effect. I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 although this should work for earlier versions (correct me if I'm wrong).

    1. Press Win key and search for 'Keyboard' and open up the result that comes first which is related to Keyboard Settings.
    2. Scroll down and click the + button to add a new shortcut.
    3. Give a name like 'Open Files' and for the Command field, give nautilus -w.
    4. Click Set Shortcut and press Windows Key and 'E' together to bind the combo
    5. Click Add

    Now, whenever you press Win + E, you get a new window of the Ubuntu file explorer.

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  4. Super+t = Trash, it uses nautilus to show you the Trash! Works fine for me.

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  5. Super+1 works great. This is what I was looking for.

    creating own / custom shortcut using

    nautilus .

    or

    nautilus ~/ (for home directory)

    just opens up search function. While this the way to open nautilus through command line / terminal, but doesn't work out of it!

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