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<name>Shaun McCance</name>
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<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
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<its:rules xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.0" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="gnome-help.its"/>
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<p>You can control the default view for new folders, how files and folders
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are sorted by default, the zoom level for the icon and compact views, and
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whether files are displayed in the tree sidebar. In any file manager window,
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click <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq> and select the
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<gui>Views</gui> tab.</p>
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click <gui>Files</gui> in the top bar, select <gui>Preferences</gui> and select
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the <gui>Views</gui> tab.</p>
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<section id="default-view">
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<title>Default view</title>
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<title><gui>View new folders using</gui></title>
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<p>By default, new folders are shown in icon view. You can select a view
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for each folder as you browse, and the file manager will remember which
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view you prefer for each folder. But if you often use the list or compact
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views, you can use these views by default.</p>
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<p>Change the view for an individual folder from the <gui>View</gui> menu
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by clicking <gui>Icons</gui>, <gui>List</gui>, or <gui>Compact</gui>.</p>
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for each folder as you browse by clicking the list button or the icons
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button in the toolbar. If you often use the list view, you can set it here
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<title><gui>Arrange items</gui></title>
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<p>You can arrange the items in your folder by name, file size, file type,
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when they were last modified, when they were last accessed, or when they
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were trashed. You can change how files are sorted in an individual folder
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using the <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Arrange Items</gui></guiseq> menu,
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or by clicking the list column headers in list view. See <link xref="files-sort"/>
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for details. This menu only affects the current folder, and the file manager
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will remember your preferred sorting technique for each folder.</p>
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<p>Use the <gui>Arrange items</gui> drop-down list in the preferences
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to change the default order used in new folders.</p>
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<p>You can change how files are sorted in an individual folder by clicking
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the <media type="image" src="figures/go-down.png">down</media> button in the
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toolbar and choosing <gui>By Name</gui>, <gui>By Size</gui>,
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<gui>By Type</gui> or <gui>By Modification Date</gui>, or by clicking the
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list column headers in list view. See <link xref="files-sort"/> for details.
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This menu only affects the current folder.</p>
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<p>To change the default order used in new folders, use the
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<gui>Arrange items</gui> drop-down list in the preferences to sort by name,
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file size, file type, when they were last modified, when they were last
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accessed, or when they were trashed.</p>
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<title><gui>Sort folders before files</gui></title>
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<title><gui>Show hidden and backup files</gui></title>
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<p>The file manager does not display hidden files or folders by default.
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See <link xref="files-hidden"/> for information on hidden files. You can
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show hidden files in an individual window from the <gui>View</gui> menu.
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If you prefer to always show hidden files, or want to see hidden files
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in every open file manager window, select this option.</p>
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show hidden files in an individual window by selecting
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<gui>Show Hidden Files</gui>, from the
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<media type="image" src="figures/go-down.png">down</media> menu in the
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toolbar. If you prefer to always show hidden files, or want to see hidden
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files in every open file manager window, select this option.</p>
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<title><gui>Default zoom level</gui></title>
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<p>You can make the icons and text larger or smaller in icon view. You can
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do this in an individual folder from the <gui>View</gui> menu, and the file
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manager will remember your zoom choice for each folder. If you frequently use
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a larger or smaller zoom level, you can set the default with this option.</p>
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do this in an individual folder by clicking the
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<media type="image" src="figures/go-down.png">down</media> button in the
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toolbar and selecting <gui>Zoom In</gui>, <gui>Zoom Out</gui>, or
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<gui>Normal Size</gui>. If you frequently use a larger or smaller zoom
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level, you can set the default with this option.</p>
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<p>In icon view, more or fewer captions are shown based on your zoom level.
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See <link xref="nautilus-display#icon-captions"/> for more information.</p>
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<title><gui>Text beside icons</gui></title>
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<p>Selecting this option will place folder and file names to the right
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of icons, rather than below them. This is a more compact layout that
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allows you to see more information at once.</p>
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<section id="compact-view-defaults">
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<title>Compact view defaults</title>
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<p>By default, each column in compact view is as wide as it needs to be to
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fit the names of the items in that column. Selecting this option will make
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all the columns have the same width. This will make files and folders that
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have names longer than the column width be displayed with an ellipsis (...)
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have names longer than the column width be displayed with an ellipsis (…)
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<section id="list-view-defaults">
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<title>List view defaults</title>
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<title><gui>Default zoom level</gui></title>
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<p>You can make the icons and text larger or smaller in list view. You can
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do this in an individual folder from the <gui>View</gui> menu, and the file
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manager will remember your zoom choice for each folder. If you frequently use
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a larger or smaller zoom level, you can set the default with this option.</p>
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do this in an individual folder by clicking the
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<media type="image" src="figures/go-down.png">down</media> button in the
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toolbar and selecting <gui>Zoom In</gui>, <gui>Zoom Out</gui>, or
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<gui>Normal Size</gui>. If you frequently use a larger or smaller zoom
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level, you can set the default with this option.</p>
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<title>Tree view defaults</title>
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<p>You can show a full folder tree in your file manager sidebar by selecting
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