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How can I toggle between Tree View and Places in Nautilus?

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Is there a keyboard shortcut to toggle Tree view / Places View?

I want to know if there's a hotkey in Nautilus to toggle between Tree View and Places. I googled around but I haven't found any solution... If there isn't such a hotkey, is it possible to suggest Nautilus' developers to implement this in future versions? I really like the "Places" feature, but in some occasions Tree View is more suitable to my needs.

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answered 2 Years ago doredtness · Accepted Answer

You could use a script to toggle between the commands. Here's a python script.

Copy the following into a file

#!/usr/bin/env python



from subprocess import Popen, PIPE



setting = Popen(['gsettings', 'get', 'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state', 'side-pane-view'], stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0].rstrip()



if setting == "'places'":

    Popen(['gsettings', 'set', 'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state', 'side-pane-view', '"tree"'])

elif setting == "'tree'":

    Popen(['gsettings', 'set', 'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state', 'side-pane-view', '"places"'])

Save it as ~/.pane-toggle.py. Make it executable

chmod +x ~/.pane-toggle.py

Open the Keyboard settings and go to the Shortcuts tab. On the left, choose custom shortcuts, and make a new shortcut with the '+' button. Name it whatever you want. For the command, use

/home/username/.pane-toggle.py.

Now just set the shortcut to what you want (press enter while it's highlighted).

Of course you can name the file whatever you want and put it wherever you want, just be consistent.