How do I tag files with custom emblems in Nautilus? [duplicate]

The Gnome 3 devs have removed the Backgrounds and Emblems tab for the following reasons:

There are some reasons for it:

  • the code is quite old and crufty, pulls in a lot of libeel code and is basically unmaintained.

  • the feature, as it stands, is not really useful, and it's more cosmetic than anything else, especially now that we use browser mode by default.

  • we're trying to achieve a more streamlined nautilus and removing legacy features goes in the right direction.

The article goes onto mention that the underlying API is still there and certain apps like DropBox can & does make use of it.


Linked Question:

  1. Is there any tweak to bring back emblems in Nautilus?