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I want all Nautilus windows/folders to show file listings the same customized way.

On Windows I'd simply configure a single folder like I want, open options, click "set all folders like this one" (or something on those lines, don't remember the exact button label)

On Nautilus (Ubuntu file manager) I can configure a single folder at a time. And this site has dozen of answered questions on how to reset all folders to default, but I can't find anything on how to set all folders to my custom style.

Which is as shown bellow.

nautilus

This would be my simple preferred view, with size before name.

Edit for clarity: I do Not want to set this on thousands of folders. I want my way to be the default everywhere.

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  • If I understood it correct, then you want your file manager to look like what is shown in the image. Am I right?
    – RD017
    May 13, 2017 at 19:42
  • yes. I can easily do that for a single folder. But i want that for everything always.
    – gcb
    May 13, 2017 at 19:45
  • If you are able to do it for a single folder, then the same settings get applied automatically to all the folders (well atleast in my system). Can you tell me how did you do it for a single folder?
    – RD017
    May 13, 2017 at 19:49
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    if relevant I am on latest ubuntu 17.04. They renamed Nautilus to Files (really...) version 3.20.4
    – gcb
    May 14, 2017 at 3:49

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Open nautilus, from menu select: "Edit" -> "Preferences", "Views" tab.

Set default view as "List view":

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Then go to "list columns" tab and config it like this:

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  • Don't you have to go to "List Columns" tab to select which details you want to see in list view?
    – RD017
    May 13, 2017 at 19:53
  • Yeah, I'll add that too ;) Didn't pay attention to that ... thanks.
    – Ravexina
    May 13, 2017 at 19:59
  • Not that easy. This was the very first thing i did. it will only set the custom column order for the ONE SINGLE folder i'm viewing. e.g. do that in $home. Now just double click any folder in the very window you just set up. Bam! listing view with default ordered columns. :(
    – gcb
    May 14, 2017 at 3:48
  • Works fine for me, not only my home and all sub directories of home are using same schema, also / and all its sub directories now are using it.
    – Ravexina
    May 14, 2017 at 7:05
  • are you using ubuntu 17.04? @Ravexina
    – gcb
    Jun 3, 2017 at 17:58
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There's no solution using ubuntu's default file manager.

per folder settings is now mandatory per design apparently. I couldn't find any commit explicitly mentioning that change, but didn't look too hard.

Easy solution is to install the Cinamon desktop file manager: Nemo.

apt-get install nemo-fileroller

(install this so it draws all few dependencies, including nemo, and you already can have 'extract here' features)

After installing nemo and replacing your shortcuts in the launcher, there is a setting to "ignore per folder view preferences"

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