Public bug reported: after upgrading to 16.04 from 14.04, I found that all file open dialog lost the address bar (location entry). The only thing to navigate between folders is the breadcrumb bar. Every path change requires a dozen of clicking, while before I could just paste the path and done. This is a big inconvenience.
after googling, I found tones of reports to restore the location entry using the below command gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always-use-location-entry true or dconf write /org/gnome/nautilus/preferences/always-use-location-entry true however, this fails to work on my system, I got fangq@taote:~$ gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always-use-location-entry true (process:11686): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code4: Failed to rename file '/home/users/fangq/.config/dconf/user.SO58SZ' to '/home/users/fangq/.config/dconf/user': g_rename() failed: No such file or directory I would like to get a workaround to revert to the previous setting (either location entry is displayed by default, or can be re-enabled by clicking a button on the dialog). Also, I would suggest the developers to consider adding this feature back. For people who use Linux a lot, clicking is just not fast enough! ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "address bar disappeared in open-file dialog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1807759/+attachment/5220937/+files/open_file_dialog_ubuntu_16.04.png -- 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/1807759 Title: Can not type file path in file open dialog, also can not turn on always-use-location-entry Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: after upgrading to 16.04 from 14.04, I found that all file open dialog lost the address bar (location entry). The only thing to navigate between folders is the breadcrumb bar. Every path change requires a dozen of clicking, while before I could just paste the path and done. This is a big inconvenience. after googling, I found tones of reports to restore the location entry using the below command gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always-use-location-entry true or dconf write /org/gnome/nautilus/preferences/always-use-location-entry true however, this fails to work on my system, I got fangq@taote:~$ gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always-use-location-entry true (process:11686): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code4: Failed to rename file '/home/users/fangq/.config/dconf/user.SO58SZ' to '/home/users/fangq/.config/dconf/user': g_rename() failed: No such file or directory I would like to get a workaround to revert to the previous setting (either location entry is displayed by default, or can be re-enabled by clicking a button on the dialog). Also, I would suggest the developers to consider adding this feature back. For people who use Linux a lot, clicking is just not fast enough! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1807759/+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