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On my machine (Ubuntu 20.04), default sort order of Nautilus is set to "name".

$ gsettings get org.gnome.nautilus.preferences default-sort-order
'name'

Yet, when opening Nautilus, my home folder is always sorted by "last modified".

Moreover, Nautilus does not remember folder-specific changes regarding file ordering. When manually selecting an order, moving to another folder, and coming back, selected ordering has not been preserved. Hence, I cannot change the default ordering of my home folder.

Do you have an idea how to fix this?

Robin LP
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I am unsure if this will help you, but at least it worked for me, so let's try it.

Using terminal
First, you can continue using gsettings CLI tools and use the set command to set the configuration you want. Example:

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.list-view default-visible-columns "['name', 'size', 'date_created', 'date_modified', 'detailed_type']"
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences default-sort-order 'type'
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences show-hidden-files 'true'

These are the command that I use in my setup Ubuntu base Linux script
NOTE: I no longer use Ubuntu, but I use Pop_OS! which is Ubuntu based so this might work.

Using GUI application
I believe this app is also available for Ubuntu. Its call dconf editor and to install you can use the terminal (actually it is the only way that I know lol).

sudo apt update;
sudo apt install dconf-editor -y

The first line is to update your local repo and the second is to install.
NOTE:

  1. apt is what my system uses as a package manage
  2. In the second line the -y flag is to say yes to any promo that apt request from you
    After that, you open the app and use it. It is pretty straightforward.

I hope that you still need this help and this help whomever look at this.

felipe leite
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