How to add custom links in the left pane of Nautilus?

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Until recently, one could add custom links to the left pane of Nautilus by dragging a folder. It seems this option no longer works (since Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) or 11.04 (Natty_Narwhal)). How do I get this to work on a recent version of Ubuntu?

score 32 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 05 '14 at 10:30

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Select the folder you want to link, then go to the top menu bar and select Bookmarks -> Add Bookmark.

When inside the folder that you want to bookmark, go to the top menu bar and select Bookmarks -> Bookmark this location -- or Ctrl+D.

edited Dec 05 '14 at 10:30

answered Oct 02 '11 at 20:23

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score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 27 '16 at 22:36

You have to go into the folder you want to add, and then press Ctrl + D, contrary to every other file manager on earth.

Please, apply the principle of least astonishment here and go back to something sane. You can remove these by commenting out the corresponding lines in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs.

Source: blog post Ubuntu 12.04: Adding Bookmarks/shortcuts to left sidebar of Nautilus manager (2012-05-05)

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 02 '11 at 21:05

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You may just drag'n'drop any folder you want to appear in Places bar. This works for remote folders too. Or make a bookmark entry with Ctrl+D shortcut.

answered Oct 02 '11 at 21:05

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 02 '18 at 17:55

Drag and drop to create Bookmarks doesn't work for some items like symlinks.

A workaround is to create a temporary bookmark by drag and drop to the left sidebar "New Bookmark" (any item, it doesn't matter). Then press ctrl+B to edit the Bookmark's Location manually.

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

This doesn't seem to work for me. When I press Ctrl + D the search function opens. As far as I can see there is nowhere to add a bookmark. When I click on Files Bookmarks I only have the option to edit existing bookmarks, not add a new one. I am using Ubuntu 13.10. If anyone has a solution for Ubuntu 13.10 I'd be grateful.

EDIT: I found an answer here: BookMark13.10. What is a little confusing is that the Bookmark doesn't appear in "Places" but lower down on the left pane under Bookmarks. At first I didn't see it!

Hope this of some use to someone.

Cheers

Adrian

How to add custom links in the left pane of Nautilus?

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