So I saw all that fancy quicklists in dash, and I'm wondering if I can do it with nautilus to add places as a quicklist, like Videos, Pictures, Downloads.. etc,
So as a start, I tried to modify /usr/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop and added this but it didn't work:
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Videos;
[Videos Shortcut Group]
Name=Videos
Exec=nautilus ~/Videos
TargetEnvironment=Unity
Copy 'Home Folder' launcher file to your home directory:
cp /usr/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop ~/.local/share/applications
Open the file for editing in gedit:
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop
copy of mine below:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Home Folder
Comment=Open your personal folder
TryExec=nautilus
Exec=nautilus --no-desktop
Icon=user-home
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Core;
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=nautilus
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=nautilus
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Videos;Documents;Music;Pictures;Downloads
[Videos Shortcut Group]
Name=Videos
Exec=nautilus Videos
TargetEnvironment=Unity
[Documents Shortcut Group]
Name=Documents
Exec=nautilus Documents
TargetEnvironment=Unity
[Music Shortcut Group]
Name=Music
Exec=nautilus Music
TargetEnvironment=Unity
[Pictures Shortcut Group]
Name=Pictures
Exec=nautilus Pictures
TargetEnvironment=Unity
[Downloads Shortcut Group]
Name=Downloads
Exec=nautilus Downloads
TargetEnvironment=Unity
after you have logged out and back (or just restart unity by typing unity in a terminal in you will have folders as a quicklist for the home folder icon.
As of 12.04, it is no longer necessary to create a quicklist, as Nautilus automatically gets a list of your bookmarks and makes a dynamic quicklist.
