Going up a directory in Nautilus' location bar

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I am trying to go up a directory in Nautilus' location bar. For example, I start here:

mitch > Dropbox > dev > snippets

I then give focus to the location bar, type .. and hit enter, but it brings me to the first folder in the breadcrumb:

mitch

The folder it uses seems to vary depending on where I am in the file system. It makes using the dialog extremely painful. Is there a way to configure this behaviour so that it behaves like cd ..?

Mitch

Posted 2016-02-08T10:16:23.613

Reputation: 127

Don't use Nautilus myself, but have you tried typing ..? – Barmar – 2016-02-12T21:44:48.580

Maybe this is helpful: http://askubuntu.com/questions/69435/how-to-get-up-parent-button-in-nautilus-without-using-breadcrumbs

– Barmar – 2016-02-12T21:47:48.393

@Barmar Yes, I have - it's written in my question. Thanks for the link. Alt + Up will have to do. If you answer with that (I'm only interested in keyboard shortcuts), I can accept it. – Mitch – 2016-02-15T10:25:10.190

Ha! Turns out this shortcut is used on Windows, too. That makes it much more useful. :) Perhaps worth noting in your answer. – Mitch – 2016-02-15T10:28:57.797

Answers

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As mentioned here you can type Alt-Up to go up a level.

You can also use the menu item Go->Open Parent.

Barmar

Posted 2016-02-08T10:16:23.613

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