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How to achieve List/Tree view in Nautilus like the following screenshot?

https://i.stack.imgur.com/mKSOd.png

Cant find information about this. ps
Im using Ubuntu Remix with pure Gnome 3, and last version of Nautilus.

Gill Bates
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You can do this in the Nautilus (Also called "Files") preferences window. Here's how:

  1. Make sure you have "Files" (program) running (or else the menus will NOT bring you the correct sub menus when you click on them)

  2. Click Edit > Preferences

  3. On the Views tab, select the List View viewing option next to "View new folders using:" and click close.

You're done!

Nautilus preferences window

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devius
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    This used to work, unfortunately I can not find this preferences dialog in 13.04. I used gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences default-folder-viewer 'list-view' instead. – wim May 02 '13 at 02:12
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    This functionality has been restored in 13.10 – Dakota Feb 26 '14 at 20:04
  • Also, in the Files app in the menu Edit->Preferences Under the "Display" tab you want to check the "Navigate folders in a tree" checkbox – hobs May 08 '15 at 02:25
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gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences default-folder-viewer 'list-view'

Options are 'list-view', 'icon-view' and 'compact-view'.

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Bruno Pereira
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  • just what i was looking for, works great (can you tell me where I can find more info) – Remus Rigo May 06 '12 at 11:00
  • How to make this setting have a permanent effect? It is not permanent on 14.04 (not for me). – the_prole Feb 16 '15 at 19:09
  • 14.04 click the settings "gear" on the right, then you'll find the Preferences in which you can select the list view. –  May 20 '15 at 12:01
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The tree view can be enabled from the files > preferences. There is a check box for this.

Version : 3.8.2

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cnvzmxcvmcx
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This is the "List View" in Nautilus up to v3.4 (shipped with Ubuntu 12.10). It's no longer available in Nautilus v3.6

You can activate it in the "View" menu:

Screenshot of the Naulius View menu

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    Sadly that they removed this feature. – Gill Bates Feb 16 '13 at 19:21
  • @Aditya Tried solution from second question - no luck. What do you meant exactly? Im already using list-view in all folders, through standard settings. Use of terminal command was not change anything for me. – Gill Bates Feb 16 '13 at 19:29
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    @Aditya in modern version (which i use) Nautilus list-view does not provide tree-view: http://i.imgur.com/5YqccTA.png – Gill Bates Feb 16 '13 at 20:00
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    Why, god oh why, was this feature removed? What was the reasoning? Am I alone in finding these constant dismaying decisions infuriating? My energy has just been zapped by this. Desperate. I want to rage quit. I forgive you Windows. The next time I feel the urge to complain about you I will try my very best to bite my tongue. – Gerard Roche Jul 31 '13 at 23:33
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    @BullfrogBlues second you – Bleeding Fingers Aug 25 '13 at 15:43
  • @BullfrogBlues Glory to KDE and Dolphin! I moved to it and found all features that I was need. I hope they will not follow that trend and will not cut off all cool functionality for touch usabilty advance. PS - how Windows connected to this - its explorer doesnt have tree-view too. – Gill Bates Aug 28 '13 at 13:09
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    Totally agree. This is Ubuntu apeing Apple: customisability removed for one-size-fits-all 'clean interface'. IMO Windows Explorer has never been bettered. – dez93_2000 Aug 30 '13 at 16:37
  • The feature is there in the Arch distribution of Nautilus 3.10.0, I'd be surprised if the Ubuntu devs have removed it from the Ubuntu distribution. In GNOME Shell you click the "Files" drop-down menu in the top left when Nautilus has focus, then Preferences/Display has a "Navigate folders in a tree" checkbox. – Emil Lundberg Nov 05 '13 at 06:01
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    Yes, the feature was reinserted since version 3.7.90: Add back a Treeview option for list view. This is off by default, and is backed by a checkbox in the Preferences dialog (source) – franzlorenzon Jan 02 '14 at 14:04
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    Confirmed this feature is back in 13.10 – Dakota Feb 26 '14 at 20:04
  • Confirmed for 20.04: Preferences > Views has a checkbox to "Allow folders to be expanded" under List View – Jellicle Mar 28 '21 at 23:50
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Open Nautilus go to Edit ► Preferences then under Display tab checked:

List View
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And also In Views tab select "List View" mode and close. Close and open Nautilus again see the changes.

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Ubuntu 20.04, 18.04, and 17.10

  1. Enable list view if it's not already enabled: Click the "Toggle view" button at top right.

    • If list view is already enabled, the button will look like a grid of squares: Screenshot of button

      If icon view is enabled, the button will look like a bulleted list: Screenshot of button

  2. Enable tree view: Go to Files menu -> Preferences -> Views tab -> under List View, enable Allow folders to be expanded

Or via CLI

  1. Enable list view

    gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences default-folder-viewer 'list-view'

  2. Enable tree view

    gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.list-view use-tree-view true
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In nautilus-3.6 (raring), it's gone though I've added back along with several other changes in a ppa https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/nautilus-hacks

In 3.8 or higher it's been returned, enabled thru - click on files > preferences > Display > & enable there.

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Ubuntu 18.04 gnome-shell 3.28

Use this command:

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.list-view use-tree-view true
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You can activate the tree view, called as "list view" by clicking via View -> List.

The same can be done by pressing Ctrl + 2 To revert back press Ctrl+ 1

List view

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