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Customizing NautilusYou can customize Nautilus in many ways so that its appearance and behavior meet your needs and taste. This section explains how. Setting Your User LevelWhen you first lanched Nautilus, you were asked to choose your user level: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced. The user level dictates the amount of detail you see while navigating your files and folders:
To change your user level, open the preferences menu and choose the level you want. One way to see the difference between the levels is to go to your home directory and then compare what you see as you select each level in turn. Be sure to return to the level with which you're comfortable when you're done. Setting PreferencesSeveral preference settings that you can adjust are located in the Preferences dialog box. The available settings depend on your user level - intermediate and advanced users have access to more settings than beginners. The preference settings adjust the appearance of Nautilus, the behavior of files and folders when you view and click them, the type of searches performed when you click the Find or Web Search buttons, and more. To open the Preferences dialog box use the preferences menu, shown here. To customize preferences:
Showing and Hiding BarsThe Nautilus window shows these bars by default:
You may want to hide one or more of these bars to save space on your screen. To hide and show bars:
Note: If you hide a bar in your Nautilus window and then open another Nautilus window, the bar is not hidden in the new window. To specify which bars should be hidden or displayed in new windows:
Choosing File LayoutsFile Layout in Icon View To change the layout of files you're viewing, open the View menu and choose Lay Out Items. Then choose how you want the files arranged.
File Layout in List View In list view, you can change the layout of files by clicking the column headings. For instance, to arrange files by type, click the Type column heading. Click again to reverse the order. Changing Themes and BackgroundsYou can customize the decor of your Nautilus window by choosing an overall theme and by changing the background color or image of specific objects. Choosing a New Theme
Changing Backgrounds
Note: The Backgrounds and Emblems dialog box also lets you drag emblems to attach to individual file and folder icons. Adding and Removing Custom Backgrounds If your user level is set to Intermediate or Advanced, you can add and remove backgrounds and colors in the list of customization choices. Any image file can be a background. To add a background to the customization choices:
To add a new color to the background color choices:
To remove a custom pattern or color from the set of pattern and color tiles:
Note: If you remove a pattern or color tile that you have applied as a background for an object, the object continues to display that pattern or color. Customizing Icons and Icon CaptionsIcons appear with information in their captions - normally the directory name and number of items for directories and the name and size for files. If you zoom in for a closer look at icons, more information appears. Customizing Icon Captions You can customize the information below icons - the icon captions. Although the file name must always appear first, you can specify which other information to show and change the order of the information.
Note: To see the entire icon caption, you may need to zoom in (click the + symbol in the location bar). Customizing Icons You can change the icon for an individual folder or file, giving it a custom icon:
You can also drag an image file to an icon you want to customize:
Tip: You may want to work with two Nautilus windows when you customize an icon. Open the File menu and choose New Window. You can drag an image from one window to the icon you're customizing. Adding Emblems to Icons Emblems let you tag individual files as Urgent, Favorite, and so forth. To add an emblem to an icon:
You can add as many emblems as you like.
Attach Oh No! or Urgent emblems to the files that need immediate attention; then open the View menu and choose Lay Out Items By Emblems. The files with emblems are displayed at the top in icon view and first in list view. If you use emblems, you can also search by emblem. Choosing a Desktop BackgroundYou can change the color of your desktop, or give it new "wallpaper." Do this:
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