How to paste a path in "ubuntu explorer" to rapidly access a folder?

Solution 1:

Press CtrlL. The breadcrumb trail on the File browser will change to an address bar like the one you see in browsers. Paste the location and press Enter. Press CtrlL again to revert to the trail.

Solution 2:

I know it's quite old, but this page was the first result when I searched for a way to paste a path in ubuntu explorer. And after finding the shortcut here, I found a way to make this change permanently with the following command in a terminal :

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always-use-location-entry true

Reversing to normal behavior can be done with :

gsettings reset org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always-use-location-entry