GNOME v. KDE, December 2005 edition

Posted Dec 16, 2005 5:15 UTC (Fri) by coulamac (guest, #21690)
In reply to: GNOME v. KDE, December 2005 edition by tjc
Parent article: GNOME v. KDE, December 2005 edition

There are several ways to turn off spatial Nautilus. These two come to mind:

(From the FreeBSD FAQ for Gnome 2.12)

How do I disable spatial Nautilus?

As of GNOME 2.8, Nautilus operates in what is known as a "spatial" mode. This means that each item is opened in a new window. This may not be desirable to all users. If you wish to revert back to the old Nautilus file system browser, go to Desktop->Preferences->File Management, click on the Behavior tab, and check the "Always open in browser windows" checkbox.

Another way is to use gconf-editor:

change /apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_browser to true

GNOME v. KDE, December 2005 edition

Posted Dec 17, 2005 17:18 UTC (Sat) by tjc (guest, #137) [Link]

Yeah, that worked. I've been through Nautilus configuration dozens of times, but somehow I never associated "Always open in browser windows" with "don't open new windows." Thanks.