How do I get an up/parent button in Nautilus, without using breadcrumbs?
Solution 1:
Update 2012-01-27: An (unofficial) patch has been created to provide this functionality http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1904510
At the time the question was asked, you had two options, which I retain below for those who don't want to patch and build their own version of Nautilus.
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With always-use-location-entry true, there is no button for the parent folder. You can use any of the following:
- Use the menu-bar (Go->Open Parent)
- Use the keyboard shortcuts (Alt+Up or Backspace)
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With always-use-location-entry false, you will see breadcrumbs to show a higher level folder. To type a location, you must:
- Press Ctrl+L
- Use the Go->Location menu option
Regardless of which you decide to use, I would suggest giving some love and support to the bugs on both the Ubuntu project and the Gnome project:
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662243
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/885592
Solution 2:
Solely using the mouse don't see much to do except, - I find the right click on the back arrow icon to be quite useful, should list all folders you accessed to get where you are
Not quite the same but handy