The issue then is that favorites only work on indexed files, that's reported upstream
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/243 ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues #243 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/243 ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1879385 Title: Unable to star files and folders in Dropbox folder in Ubuntu 20.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1879385/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs