Show folder in List by default
Solution 1:
- In the top bar, do a click in Edit
- Select the Preferences option
- Now you'll note that the first tab (enabled by default) is called Views, if not, choice it
- In this tab, the first option is Default view, so click in the box of the left and select List view instead of Icon view
Now when you open a new window with nautilus, you should see all the folders and files listed.
Set of screen-shoots to help a little bit:
