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Ron Piggott
Asked: 2017-02-18 08:33:25 +0800 CST

Adding another shortcut to File Manager [duplicate]

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By default the file manager has several links in the left column:

  • Recent
  • Home
  • Desktop
  • Documents
  • Downloads
  • Music
  • Pictures
  • Videos
  • Trash

Can I make an option for 'Programming' in that list? What steps would I need to do?

I specifically want to draw attention to the fact that I am using Ubuntu 16.10. The link challenging this as a 'duplicate' question was for an older version of Ubuntu. I am asking for instructions specific to Ubuntu 16.10

16.10

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  1. Best Answer

    This works for various file managers, across different Ubuntu versions and even on other distros.

    Locate and edit the GTK bookmarks file (for Ubuntu 16.10 it is located at ~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks) and add to it:

    file:///path/to/programming_dir Programming

    By the way, you can use a one liner:

    echo "file:///path/to/programming_dir Programming" >> ~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks

    For remote dirs, you can use other URI schemas, like smb://.

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