It seems that Nautilus doesn't have the usual headings under 11.04. I'm used to selecting Edit > Preferences > Behavior and then choosing single-click. How do we enable single-click in 11.04?
2 Answers
Since the release of Ubuntu 12.10, gconf-editor
has been officially replaced by dconf-editor
. So the answer by Scaine will not work.
To Enable Single-Click in Ubuntu 12 onwards:
- Open a Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T)
Copy and Paste the following line (if you don't already have it installed):
sudo apt-get install -y dconf-tools
- Press Enter and install the package.
- Once installed, run dconf-editor in the terminal.
- Navigate to
org/gnome/nautilus/preferences
- Find
click_policy
in the list and change it's value fromdouble
tosingle
- Single Click in Nautilus has now been enabled
Sounds like it might be a bug. I'm installing Natty now, but in the meantime, it might be worth trying this. Press Alt-F2 to open a run dialogue and enter gconf-editor
.
Now scroll down to apps/nautilus/preferences and try altering the click policy there.
I've attached a screenshot.
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sadly this is still a bug on ubuntu 18.04 ... however both this answer as well as other answer using tool dconf-editor correctly perform this change ... just using nautilus preference still fails to make this change Apr 23, 2018 at 18:44