I'll add my frustration here as well and possibly a solution. I think we all agree that this is a basic feature and removing it results in a horrible user experience. The key here is IMHO the lack of discoverability. I wouldn't call myself a beginner user and yet I had no idea that the disappearing "New document" in the contextmenu was related to the Template folder.
Anyway, I’ll be sad to see yet another LTS shipped where this isn’t fix, so what do you think about this simple solution: If the Templates folder is empty, a submenu entry is added in the contextmenu, which simply is a link to the Template folder. And ofc as soon as you put something in the Template folder, the user sees only that in the submenu. We already have a help text inside the folder and a "learn more..." link. It’s not ideal, but it increases discoverability which is key here. What do you think? This would need to be a patch since upstream don't want it :/ ** Attachment added: "template.jpg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1632027/+attachment/5331210/+files/template.jpg -- 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
