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 Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1710931 Title: Ctrl+N shortcut does not work when desktop has focus Status in Nautilus: Expired Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: When a Nautilus window is open, Ctrl+N opens a new window that shows the same folder as the focused Nautilus window. However, when the desktop is focused, the shortcut doesn't work - instead I see an error that x-nautilus-desktop:// is not supported. This functionality was previously reported as working in #307229. This is on Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark (fully patched as of today) with GNOME Files 3.24.2.1. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1710931/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
