According to the upstream developer the feature *does* exist, but has a prerequisite requirement that the user's template folder must have at least one template file in order to make the "New Document" submenu appear.
The upstream report has been updated to make Files preserve the same behavior as with the previous implementation in Ubuntu. -- 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/1632027 Title: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1632027/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs