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Why can't I place files on the desktop by default, and how can I get this feature?
Although this question is quite old, there is a more acceptable answer for the OP's question now. Appcenter has an application called Desktop folder now, which you can install and use.
https://github....
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Loki and Dropbox
I recommend this script https://github.com/zant95/elementary-dropbox. Works like a charm.
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How to deactivate pdf preview in files
Pantheon-files uses a thumbnailer daemon called tumbler . You can disable generation of thumbnails for PDFs by opening a terminal and editing the config file.
sudo nano /etc/xdg/tumbler/tumbler.rc
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Can I add a "Create New Folder" button in Files?
This is not the solution you ask for, but I have an insiders' tip:
You can still use the contextmenu to create a new folder in a full list view.
Just right-click on the "select-checkmark-icon".
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Change language of home folders
Take a look in the following files:
~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
~/.config/user-dirs.locale
This files are created by the xdg-user-dir tool. The .dirs file have the actual names of the default user ...
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Pantheon Integration of Google Drive
google-drive-ocamlfuse is what you want.
It integrates Google Drive as a removable drive into Pantheon Files and/or Nautilus. It is free too.
Find detailled info on how to set it up (and to ...
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Graphical interfaces to search for files?
If you, like me, prefer K-Find rather than Gnome Search Tool, then install K-Find through sudo apt-get install kfind, run sudo nano /usr/share/contractor/find.contract (see https://github.com/...
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How can I change the icon for a specific file type?
Create a New Mimetype
We have to teach the system about GuitarPro as something called a "mimetype". To do that, we need to create a mimetype package file that contains info about how to identify ...
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Color tags of Files
The colors are hard-coded at the moment in /libcore/gof-preferences.vala in the source tree so cannot be changed through the user interface or by changing a setting or config file.
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More than ten search-results in Pantheon Files?
Actually this limit of 10 is hard-coded in the software code of pantheon-files (libwidgets/View/SearchResults.vala, lines 59-61)
const int MAX_RESULTS = 10;
const int MAX_DEPTH = 5;
const ...
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Files Don't Appear on Desktop?
There is not a desktop folder in elementary OS, you can't put icons or files in the desktop, all the icons go to the dock bar and the files to your home folder
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Compress and Extract options missing from Files with latest update
Managed to solve this. It seems this issue affects those who update via the terminal.
sudo apt install --reinstall org.gnome.fileroller
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cant drag files or folders anywhere in freya
Hold the right-click button and drag using the trackpad.
If you hold the right-click button too long before dragging, then the contextual menu opens up instead.
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How do I use exfat drives?
Exfat support is not included out of the box due to licensing issues. However, you can manually install support for it from the Terminal.
Open the Terminal app from the Applications launcher or with ...
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Open elementary apps from the command-line
Besides writing io.elementary.code or creating an alias there isn't any way to open a app from the command line.
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How do I manage iPhone on elementary os
If you don't find a solution on the Linux side, consider an IOS app called Phone Drive.
The app will start web and FTP servers on the phone providing direct upload/download access to your Camera ...
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Shortcut to Open Home Folder now opens tab instead
You are right the behaviour changed - in response to issues raised by others. What you can do is to disable your existing Application shortcut and create a Custom shortcut with the command io....
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Why there are two "files" apps
Pantheon-files by elementary LLC has a light-grey folder icon with a 'home' symbol on top of it. To uninstall its competitor ('Arquivos' app with a blue locker icon):
Go to AppCenter > Installed tab....
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How to disable recent files in pantheon files?
If you enable privacy mode like so:
You'll still see an empty "Recent" link in file manager:
However it should disappear from the open file dialogue for apps:
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Where does Vocal 2.0 save downloaded podcasts?
On my system (which is Ubuntu and vocal 1.0), it is in ~/.local/share/vocal
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How do I restore locked files from Trash?
To open your Trash in a window with superuser powers in Loki, run
sudo -i pantheon-files /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files/
This command runs your files program (pantheon-files) as the root user (...
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Why on a single partition drag & drop is 'copy' instead of 'move' in Pantheon-Files?
Loki is still a new release so there are still a lot of bugs worth reporting. Even in attempting to reproduce your situation, I ran into all kinds of non-standard behavior: files that refused to drag, ...
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Where does Scratch saves temporary files?
Scratch saves temporary files at ~/.local/share/scratch-text-editor/unsaved/
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Image resize contract
So this was interesting. Like Jeremy Wootten mentioned what you can put behind a .contract Exec is limited. So calling a shell script is part of the solution. So step one is creating something like ...
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How to change folder icon in pantheon-files?
There is no facility to customise the icon used on a per folder basis using the Properties dialog like there is in Nautilus. You might like to file a ""wishlist" issue at https://github.com/...
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Open elementary apps from the command-line
I find that I don't want to open apps specifically from the command line, I just want to open a document and have whatever app is needed open it.
xdg-open to the rescue!
So xdg-open ~/mypdf.pdf &...
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