Changing nautilus key

Question

I cannot seem to find a way to set "up 1 folder" to backspace in 13.04 (Nautilus 3.6.3)

I tried editing ~/.config/nautilus/accels and I also tried the dconf > org > gnome > interface > can change accels

What are the steps to change this ?

I don't know how you can do this, but there is another shortcut available. Alt+LeftArrow can be used to go back, and Alt+RightArrow can be used to go forward. — green, Apr 29 '13 at 16:12
I do not understand why would Ubuntu dev team remove such a feature in the first place! Poor decision. — abhinavkulkarni, May 19 '13 at 15:44

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 17 '13 at 14:33

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Just add the accel key to the config file. I did in a terminal console:

echo '(gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/ShellActions/Up" "BackSpace")' >> ~/.config/nautilus/accels

Restart nautilus after killing it by executing

nautilus -q

edited Oct 17 '13 at 14:33

borax12

answered Apr 30 '13 at 09:58

ivanverges

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Does not work for Nautilus 3.16 (so Ubuntu 16.10 and later). for workaround for scripts, see: https://askubuntu.com/questions/680016/keyboard-shortcut-for-open-terminal-nautilus-3-16/ – sup Jun 09 '18 at 12:43

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 04 '16 at 18:05

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This worked for me:

edit ~/.config/nautilus/accels

Press Ctrl+F and type Alt>Up to find the right line.

Remove the ; symbol in front of the line:

(gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/ShellActions/Up" "<Alt>Up")

Change <Alt>Up to BackSpace

edited Nov 04 '16 at 18:05

Anwar

answered Apr 30 '13 at 10:54

mote

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16.04 In my case it is GoUpAccel instead of Up. Dont forget to restart nautilus -> nautilus -q. Also, setting /TerminalNautilus:OpenFolderLocal to T helps a lot when nautilus is in a list view. – infoclogged Sep 12 '17 at 16:23

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