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I think that you need to press Ctrl+L to type a path.

dcminter 5y ago
I'm a long-time Linux user and I know the short cut and use it often. Nonetheless I have no notion why the Nautilus developers consider this to be a better UI than just rendering an editable path!
- jeroenhd 5y ago
  Honestly, I'd be fine with it if "edit path" was an option in the dropdown menu for navigation pills. I guess the Nautilus designers drank too much of the Apple kool-aid and decided that advanced features like custom paths should be avoided at all cost.
- johnny22 5y ago
  i actually prefer the pills by default, but what I don't like is that it's not clear you can switch.
dijit 5y ago
Which incidentally is the same hot key used to go to the url bar on browsers
- _Microft 5y ago
  Mnemonic: L for Location
- throwaway48375 5y ago
  I've always used ALT-D.
goosedragons 5y ago
You do, which is dumb, it should be doable by mouse or really really easy to find. It shouldn't require Googling or hunting. Ctrl+L is listed on page 2 of the keyboard shortcuts for Nautilus when it's arguably such a basic thing that at very least it should be in the stupid hamburger menu. Keyboard shortcuts should be a shortcut not the only way to do something.
- cassepipe 5y ago
  It's the same shortcut as in all browsers, same for Ctrl+T or Ctrl+W that operates on tabs (Yes Nemo has tabs). The same way a browser is also a file crawler and viewer. It's the same paradigm. So no definitely not dumb.
  - adhesive_wombat 5y ago
    And in KeepassXC it's lock database, which is infuriating when it's your muscle memory for "focus that primary thing you type into" and your unlock password is long.
  - goosedragons 5y ago
    What browser requires you to hit Ctrl+L to enter an URL? I'm not saying the choice of Ctrl+L is dumb, but the choice that the only way to enter a path is Ctrl+L.
dotnet00 5y ago
Huh, I hadn't considered that they might have a shortcut for it, TIL! That will definitely easy that pain point a lot, although it's still a somewhat odd decision to not have the path in the bar editable too.
seiferteric 5y ago
You don't even need that, you can just start typing the path and the path bar will show up on top.

I'm a long-time Linux user and I know the short cut and use it often. Nonetheless I have no notion why the Nautilus developers consider this to be a better UI than just rendering an editable path!

jeroenhd 5y ago
Honestly, I'd be fine with it if "edit path" was an option in the dropdown menu for navigation pills. I guess the Nautilus designers drank too much of the Apple kool-aid and decided that advanced features like custom paths should be avoided at all cost.
johnny22 5y ago
i actually prefer the pills by default, but what I don't like is that it's not clear you can switch.

dijit 5y ago

Which incidentally is the same hot key used to go to the url bar on browsers

_Microft 5y ago
Mnemonic: L for Location
throwaway48375 5y ago
I've always used ALT-D.

goosedragons 5y ago

You do, which is dumb, it should be doable by mouse or really really easy to find. It shouldn't require Googling or hunting. Ctrl+L is listed on page 2 of the keyboard shortcuts for Nautilus when it's arguably such a basic thing that at very least it should be in the stupid hamburger menu. Keyboard shortcuts should be a shortcut not the only way to do something.

cassepipe 5y ago
It's the same shortcut as in all browsers, same for Ctrl+T or Ctrl+W that operates on tabs (Yes Nemo has tabs). The same way a browser is also a file crawler and viewer. It's the same paradigm. So no definitely not dumb.
- adhesive_wombat 5y ago
  And in KeepassXC it's lock database, which is infuriating when it's your muscle memory for "focus that primary thing you type into" and your unlock password is long.
- goosedragons 5y ago
  What browser requires you to hit Ctrl+L to enter an URL? I'm not saying the choice of Ctrl+L is dumb, but the choice that the only way to enter a path is Ctrl+L.

dotnet00 5y ago

Huh, I hadn't considered that they might have a shortcut for it, TIL! That will definitely easy that pain point a lot, although it's still a somewhat odd decision to not have the path in the bar editable too.

seiferteric 5y ago

You don't even need that, you can just start typing the path and the path bar will show up on top.