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type="topic" style="ui"
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<link type="guide" xref="nautilus-prefs" group="nautilus-views"/>
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<desc>Specify the default view, sort order, and zoom levels for the file manager.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.8" version="0.2" date="2013-04-03" status="review"/>
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<revision version="13.10" date="2013-09-12" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
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<email>tiffany.antopolski@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="author">
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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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<credit type="author editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<title>Views preferences in <app>Files</app></title>
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<p>You can change the default view for new folders, how files and folders are
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sorted by default, the zoom level for the icon and compact views, and whether
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files are displayed in the tree sidebar. Select
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<guiseq><gui style="menu">Files</gui>
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<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui></guiseq> in the top bar while
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<app>Files</app> is open and select the <gui style="tab">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. If you prefer the list
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view, you can set it here as the default. Alternatively, you can select a
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different view for each folder as you browse by clicking the
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<gui style="button">View items as a list</gui> or <gui style="button">View
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items as a grid of icons</gui> button in the toolbar.</p>
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<title><gui>Arrange items</gui></title>
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<p>You can change the default sort order that is used in folders using 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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<p its:locNote="TRANSLATORS: use the translation of the tooltip for the
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downwards pointing arrow button that opens the preferences menu in the main
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window for 'View options'">You can change how <link xref="files-sort">files
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are sorted</link> in an individual folder by clicking the
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<media type="image" src="figures/go-down.png">View options</media> button
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in the toolbar and choosing <gui>By Name</gui>, <gui>By Size</gui>, <gui>By
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Type</gui> or <gui>By Modification Date</gui>, or by clicking the list
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column headers in list view. This menu only affects the current folder.</p>
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<title><gui>Sort folders before files</gui></title>
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<p>By default, the file manager no longer shows all folders before files.
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To see all folders listed before files, enable this option.</p>
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<title><gui>Show hidden and backup files</gui></title>
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<p>The file manager does not display <link xref="files-hidden">hidden
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files</link> and folders by default. You can always show hidden files by
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selecting this option.</p>
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<p its:locNote="TRANSLATORS: use the translation of the tooltip for the
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downwards pointing arrow button that opens the preferences menu in the main
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window for 'View options'">You can also show hidden files in an individual
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window by selecting <gui>Show Hidden Files</gui>, from the
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<media type="image" src="figures/go-down.png">View options</media> menu in
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<section id="icon-view-defaults">
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<title>Icon view defaults</title>
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<title><gui>Default zoom level</gui></title>
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<p its:locNote="TRANSLATORS: use the translation of the tooltip for the
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downwards pointing arrow button that opens the preferences menu in the main
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window for 'View options'">You can make the icons and text larger or
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smaller by default in icon view using this option. You can also change this
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setting in an individual folder by clicking the
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<media type="image" src="figures/go-down.png">View options</media> button
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in the 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
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<link xref="nautilus-display#icon-captions">captions</link> are shown based
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on your zoom level.</p>
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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 its:locNote="TRANSLATORS: use the translation of the tooltip for the
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downwards pointing arrow button that opens the preferences menu in the main
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window for 'View options'">You can make the icons and text larger or
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smaller in list view using this option. You can also do this in an
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individual folder by clicking the
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<media type="image" src="figures/go-down.png">View options</media> button
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in the toolbar and selecting <gui>Zoom In</gui>, <gui>Zoom Out</gui> or
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<gui>Normal Size</gui>.</p>
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