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In a “Save as … ” dialog, what's the quickest way to keyboard-navigate to “tmp” and to indiv. bookmarks in the “Places” side-pane of Nautilus?

Building on my earlier question, where the accepted answer used keyboard accelerators for some elements of the dialog, I'm still trying to find the accelerator (and/or quickest way) to select ...
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In a “Save as … ” dialog, what's the quickest way to keyboard-navigate to “Recently Used” in the “Places” side-pane of Nautilus?

With this and this in mind, what's the quickest way to keyboard-navigate to "Recently Used" in the "Places" side-pane in a (Nautilus) "Save as ... " dialog? Currently, the quickest ( ! ) way I know ...
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How do I use Apple Magic Trackpad for Firefox navigation?

I use my trackpad with touchegg and touchegg-gce for easier configuration. In the initial configuration there's an 'application' section for Chromium navigation which uses 2-finger drag that doesn't ...
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An offline-maps application

I'd like to have a software that allows me to download and view (OpenStreetMap-) maps of the whole world or a certain area I chose to download. Ideally, it should behave just like the map-website but ...
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Re-order active applications in right navigation bar

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and I want to know is there a way to re-order the item in my navigation bar. In windows 7 it is possible to group elements and re-order their position. To be more specific. ...
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Mouse not interacting with the windows on ubuntu

For some reason when navigating through the OS its like there's a mode that swtiches from moving the window to navigating through the things inside the window and I have no idea what is going on. I am ...
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Navigating to a Shared drive from within applications

Why is it that when I use Nautilus I can access my shared NAS drive (via ip and volume name) but when I try to access it from within applications I can't find it? This behaviour seems to differ from ...
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Impossible to select folders and files with mouse on 12.04

My problem is very simple apparently but a tricky one. I just installed the Ubuntu 12.04(1) along with the Gnome3-shell environment on my new PC desktop Acer Aspire X3995 (see config below). ...
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Displaying ubuntu's dock [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can I move the Unity launcher? I have installed Ubuntu on my mac with VirtualBox and so my dock (dash home, home folder...) appears on a left sidebar but I'd like it to ...
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How to get breadcrumbs in nautilus?

The navigation toolbar on nautilus always shows an editable text version of the current folder. How do I get it to show clickable breadcrumbs? I am running nautilus 3.4.2 on ubuntu 12.04.
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Adding description to files for easy remembering

I have a big amount of files on my laptop, and just the names are not enough for me to remember what each one does. Basically, is there any way to add a description to each file without having to ...
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Grub2 Screen Navigation

Once I select a submenu from the main menu in grub (I.E.) "Previous Linux Versions" it seems I'm forced to only choose an item in the submenu without no option to navigate up to the main menu again. ...
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Navigate Thru Pictures in a Compressed File without extracting

Is there a way to view pictures that are inside a compressed file (suppose .rar) withour having to extract all them? Example: when i open a certain rar file that contains pictures, if i double click ...
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There is no keynavrc file for keynav in the home folder

I recently installed keynav from the software center. As per this question, I wanted to change the configuration of keynav so that I could use the arrow keys instead of using a mouse to navigate the ...
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Is it possible to somehow use the arrow-keys in Gnome 3 to navigate through the opened windows? [closed]

When pressing the super(windows)-key. I probably would need an extension for it, i suppose. Its qute annoying atm as I always have to switch between using the keyboard with 2 hands and the touchpad + ...
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Can I click the background of a Nautilus window to go up a directory? [closed]

I use Windows 7 at work and I've installed an extension there that lets me click the background of a Windows Explorer window to go up one directory. I've found it extremely useful, and I was ...
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Is there an equivalent of the file-browser applet for unity?

I really, really miss the file-browser-applet that was available in the gnome panel -- is there an equivalent for unity?
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Chrome/Chromium middle mouse button for scroll Linux, Mac

Clicking the middle button does't allow me scroll the page. Is there any way to fix this behavior? Information: Ubuntu 10.10 Chromium 9.0.597.94 Logitech MX518 Update: also Chrome, and the other ...
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how can i solve this error: no rule to make target 'Button icon.qml' needed by 'all-am'.stop

this is the error when i am trying to make navit in ubuntu10.10 error: no rule to make target 'Button icon.qml' needed by 'all-am'.stop. i dont know how to solve it.somebody help me
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How to open a directory/folder and a URL through Terminal

I can navigate my files quite fast through terminal. Faster than double clicking... open... look, double click... etc. How do I open a directory in the Ubuntu GUI? For example: cd projects {some ...
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Main Menu keyboard navigation does not restart at the first typed letter. Is this a bug or a tweakable feature?

Skip this section, unless you want to read some really boring background. I often prefer to navigate via the keyboard, and I typically launch my most frequently used apps via a system-wide ...