How can I add a dropbox folder option under my "Places" in Nautilus

Question

Like windows, when you download dropbox it places a folder in the library list. I'm wondering if I'm able to similarly add dropbox under "Places". Thank you in advance for your help.

Answer 1

There multiple alternative options:

• Pressing Ctrl+D adds a bookmark to the folder you're in (tested under Ubuntu 12.04 & 13.04). For Ubuntu 14.04, use the Files application (a. k. a. Nautilus) to navigate to the folder you want bookmarked, then press Ctrl+D, the same with going to the top menu bar and selecting Bookmarks → Bookmark this location.

• Select the folder that you want added to bookmarks, then go to the top menu bar and select Bookmarks → Add Bookmark.

• You can add them editing by ~/.gtk-bookmarks. Say you want to add ~/Software and ~/Ebooks folder under Places. Just add the following line at the end of ~/.gtk-bookmarks:

  file:///home/my_username/Software  
  file:///home/my_username/Ebooks    
  

Try it out and let me know. Hope it helps.

Answer 2

To edit the actual "Places" group, edit the ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs file and add your directories in there.

The thing is, that file is automatically generated when you log-on by the xdg-user-dirs-update program. To prevent it from overriding your changes, run the following command:

$ echo "enabled=False" > ~/.config/user-dirs.conf

For a more detailed explanation, and support for other versions of Ubuntu, see this page: http://choorucode.com/2010/07/25/how-to-add-or-remove-places-entries-in-nautilus/

Answer 3

I have Ubuntu 14.04 with latest nautilus/files 3.12.2. I have the same problem, some files only have bookmark with Ctrl+B, I try to add but it won't work.

The solution is press Ctrl+D.

Hope it helps other

Answer 4

I am using jammy 22.04.03 and I fixed this problem by navigating to the Dropbox folder and dragging the Dropbox folder icon over the 'Places" in the left panel. This added it to the Places list.