Articles by "back forward"
Showing posts with label back forward. Show all posts
Ubuntu/Linux Mint Move Nautilus 3+ Back & Forward Buttons to the Left

Ubuntu Nautilus

Some Peoples are annoyed from Nautilus Back & Forward buttons on right. With this guide you can easily move Back & Forward buttons on left side.

First off, you may need to enable the "Source code" repository. To do this in Ubuntu, press the Super/Windows key and type "Source". Open the "Software Sources" application from the results. Check the box before "Source code", then click close.

Open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:









Now, scroll down to line 132 or do a "find" for "gtk_toolbar_insert (GTK_TOOLBAR (self->priv->toolbar), item, 0)" and change the "0" to a "2". So change the original line from:
gtk_toolbar_insert (GTK_TOOLBAR (self->priv->toolbar), item, 0);
To:
gtk_toolbar_insert (GTK_TOOLBAR (self->priv->toolbar), item, 2);
When you're done, click save and close Gedit.

Now Back in Terminal, run the following:







At this point, I would actually recommend logging out and back in or just restarting.
To undo the changes and revert back to stock Nautilus, you can either change the "2" back to a "0", re-make and re-install, or you can simply run:



Source: Ubuntu forums