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Some distributions, like Fedora 7, for example, ship with the GNOME File Manager in a spatial mode. That means there’s no toolbar or location bar and new folders open in a new window.
Some people prefer this style, but if you are a proponent of the browser concept - where folders open in the same window and you have back/forward buttons, then you may want to switch it.
Unfortunately, the setting to do so is somewhat hidden amongst the menus and you need really to know where it is to switch the setting.
It’s hidden in Edit > Preferences and on the Behaviour tab. Simply tick the Always open in browser windows option and you should be away!
Next time you open a file management window, it should be in the desired format!
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isecore wrote:
I’ve never understood why the Nautilus developers decided a few versions back to make the spatial filemanager default. There really is no use to it, and it’s just a relic from the mid-90s when spatial file-managers were all the rage. These days every major OS (MacOS as well as Windows) prefers the browser-based managers. Spatial filemanagers is in my opinion the best way of cluttering ones desktop with unnecessary windows.
Additionally most distributions make the browser-style default, such as Ubuntu, so it seems very backward by Fedora to default to the spatial style.
# Posted on 07-Nov-07 at 3:01 pm
anonymous wrote:
THANKS!!!
# Posted on 20-May-08 at 6:54 pm