NB: this will never be fixed, as gnome doesn't think users should have files on the desktop. Witness the sort desktop icons bugs filed in 2003 which sat unresolved for 15 years before being quietly expired upstream.
“People keep asking for it, but there's no demand.” -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1710931 Title: Ctrl+N shortcut does not work when desktop has focus To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1710931/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs