The file manager in Ubuntu 20. I can search for files according to size, but why if I search for files, can I then not filter or sort them according to size, (windows file manager for example, I can click on the size column and the files are sorted by size), or search the 'searched files' according to size?
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1Please clarify your release. Desktop and server releases use a yy.mm format for releases, yy being used only by snap based specialist releases (usually installed on appliances/devices which are headless without screen/keyboard). There is no Ubuntu 20, closest is Ubuntu Core 20, which is a different product to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS you may mean. – guiverc Dec 14 '20 at 11:37
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True: the search and filter functions of Nautilus are rudimentary. As to why: nobody has programmed it, yet, I suppose. – Jos Dec 14 '20 at 11:42
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Related question: https://askubuntu.com/questions/294421/how-do-i-install-nemo-file-manager – pLumo Dec 22 '20 at 08:54
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This is currently not possible,
Gnome Devs don't think, that (imho) essential features are important for a file manager.
Comment from a developer to this issue:
The use cases are not clear
See these bug reports:
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/374
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/888
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1698351 (Importance = low).
In a comment on the first link above, a developer said now almost 2 years ago:
The issue is marked as Stretch and that means it is something we want in the long term.
You might try a different file manager, e.g. Nemo that forked from Nautilus a while ago.
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