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Asked: 2011-08-06 08:40:21 +0800 CST

How to enable clutter view default? [duplicate]

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How to make Clutterflow show automatically in Nautilus

Can anyone help to enable the clutter by default whenever i open folders? it looks like i need to press F4 always to enable.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mani

clutterflow

1 Answers

  1. There is a thread on ubuntu-forums asking just this - it appears that it is not possible as yet.

    All credit to "fatriff" for providing a couple of workarounds:

    Both involve using an extra package called xdotool which you can install as follows:

    sudo apt-get install xdotool

    workaround 1

    • Using nautilus (file-manager), navigate to /home/yourname/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts, right click in the folder and select create document>empty file.

    In this file put the following..

    #!/bin/sh
filesall=""
while [ $# -gt 0 ]
do
files=`echo "$1" | sed 's/ /\?/g'`
filesall="$files $filesall"
shift
done
nautilus $filesall
sleep 1
xdotool key F4

    Now Save As clutterflow.sh

    • Right click this file you just made and select Properties and then the Permissions tab and check the box.. Allow Executing file as Program..
    • Goto your Main Menu and then Preferences and then find the Application called Main Menu.
    • Once opened you will see your category tree.. There is one called Other, click it and on the right you will see the one called Open Folder
    • Select it and right click>properties or Click properties on the right hand side and you will see a box where you can edit the launcher.
    • Where is says command it currently says...

    nautilus --no-desktop %U

    Replace with this...

    sh /home/yourname/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/clutterflow.sh

    Don't forget to replace yourname in the line above with whatever name you use on your machine!

    • Now press close and either click on a launcher you created or use the places menu or whatever you use..

    workaround 2 For single launchers that only open 1 folder like Music or Videos etc.. just create a sh file called music.sh or videos.sh and use this instead.

    #!/bin/sh
nautilus /home/yourname/Music
sleep 1
xdotool key F4

    Remember to change yourname to your machines and Music to whatever folder you want..

    Then create the launcher and change the name to match your sh script..

    sh /home/yourname/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/music.sh
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