April 2010
Beginner
464 pages
12h 7m
English
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The Toolbars
The top of the Nautilus file browser window features two toolbars called Main and Location, which appear as long as you are in Browser mode. If you are in Spatial mode, you will not see the top toolbars or the lefthand directory tree pane (see the section Edit → Preferences → Behavior for how to change between modes). Figure 6-34 shows the toolbars displayed in a file browser window set to Browser mode.
Figure 6-34. Underneath the menu bar are two toolbars
The Main Toolbar
In order from left to right, the icons on this toolbar are all duplicated in the file browser menus, and are as follows:
- Back and Forward
When enabled, these move you back and forth through a path of folders you have previously navigated.
- Up
This icon takes you up to the level directly above the current folder.
- Stop
This icon stops the file browser when it is taking too long to return all the information.
- Reload
This icon refreshes the file browser window, updating it with any changes that have been made.
- Home
This icon takes you to your home folder.
- Computer
This icon takes you to the Computer folder, which shows everything on your local system, including connected devices such as CD drivers and USB devices.
- Search
This icon opens up the search bar.
The Location Bar
The first icon on the Location bar (which looks like a pencil and paper) toggles the bar between showing buttons for the folders and displaying a text box ...
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