GNOME’s Nautilus file manager is finally matching the behavior of other file managers like KDE’s Dolphin and Xfce’s Thunar with a keyboard shortcut for copying and pasting files.

This Week in GNOME highlighted a notable albeit one could argue long overdue change for GNOME Files / Nautilus: Ctrl+Insert and Shift+Insert support for copying and pasting files.

      • dallen@programming.dev
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        2 hours ago

        It’s probably just that I got used to it with XFCE at some point. My main two concerns:

        • I love having the path in the navbar (and not have to Ctrl-L)
        • I don’t like having devices tucked behind “Other Locations” rather than in the sidebar

        Otherwise, I find Nautilus much more aesthetically pleasing.

      • data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteEnglish
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        4 hours ago

        I haven’t used Nautilus in ages, so I can’t say for certain, but Thunar is a more traditional-feeling file manager. It feels more like an older version of the Windows file manager but with tabs, while Nautilus seems more Mac-like.