Navigating in Nautilus

Navigating through your various folders and subfolders in Nautilus is quite straightforward. In fact, all is conceptually pretty much the same as what you are accustomed to in Windows and Mac OS. You can simply move into and out of folders through a combination of double-clicking folders and clicking the Back, Forward, and Up buttons.

Tabbed Browsing in Nautilus

In addition to the hierarchal view option provided in the side pane, there is another handy feature that can make your navigation chores even easier: Nautilus's tabbed browsing feature. These tabs (they look like buttons, actually) appear in the navigation bar for each folder you opened on the way to the one you are currently viewing.

Say, for example, that you have ...

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