How to add Dropbox to Nautilus left bar

Question

I use Dropbox a lot, so I would like a way to add its folder to Nautilus' left bar.

As far as I know, we can add the folder Dropbox to bookmarks, but I would like it to be at the top, near Downloads and Images folder.

So the question is: How to add Dropbox to Nautilus' left bar, near Download and Images folders?

Another way to do it (other than Eduardo's answer) is to add your Dropbox folder to your "Bookmarks" in Nautilus; go to the Dropbox folder and then press Ctrl-D. See http://askubuntu.com/questions/389541/how-can-i-add-a-dropbox-folder-option-under-my-places-in-nautilus — , May 09 '16 at 18:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 09 '16 at 17:31

If you use Dropbox a lot, it may be used as your default Documents folder.

You can change _XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR_ to point it to Dropbox:

Edit your ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs and change the line to:

XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Dropbox"

Restart your session, and check it:

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