## Nautilus Preferences

Use the File Management Preferences dialog to customize the file manager to suit your requirements and preferences.

To display the File Management Preferences dialog, choose Edit->Preferences. You can also access this dialog directly from the top panel Menubar by choosing System->Preferences->File Management.

You can set preferences in the following categories:

- Le impostazioni predefinite per le viste.

- Il comportamento di file e cartelle, dei file di testo eseguibili e del cestino.

- Le informazioni che sono mostrate nelle didascalie delle icone e il formato della data.

- The columns that appear in the list view and their order.

- Le opzioni di anteprima per migliorare le prestazioni del file manager.

### Preferenze delle viste

You can specify a default view, and select sort options and display options. You can also specify default settings for icon views and list views.

To specify your default view settings, choose Edit->Preferences. Click on the Views tab to display the Views tabbed section.

Tabella 6.9, “Preferenze delle viste” lists the views preferences that you can modify.

Tabella 6.9. Preferenze delle viste

Elemento dialog | Descrizione
--- | ---
Visualizzare le nuove cartelle usando | Seleziona la vista predefinita per le cartelle. Quando si apre una cartella, quest'ultima è mostrat nella vista che è selezionata, cioè la vista a icone o quella a elenco.
Disporre gli oggetti | Select the characteristic by which you want to sort the items in folders that are displayed in this view.
Elencare le cartelle prima dei file | Selezionare questa opzione per elencare le cartelle prima degli altri file quando di ordina una cartella.
Mostrare file nascosti e di backup | Select this option to display files that are normally not shown in folders. For more on hidden files, see la sezione chiamata “Hidden Files”.
Icon View Default zoom level | There are two settings, one for the icon view and one for the list view. Select the default zoom level for folders that are displayed in this view. The zoom level specifies the size of items in a view.
Use compact layout | Select this option to arrange the items in icon view so that the items in the folder are closer to each other.
Text beside icons | Select this option to place the icon captions for items beside the icon rather than under the icon.
Show only folders | Select this option to display only folders in the Tree in the side pane.

### Behavior Preferences

To set your preferences for files and folders, choose Edit->Preferences. Click on the Behavior tab to display the Behavior tabbed section.

Tabella 6.10, “File and Folder Behavior Preferences” lists the preferences that you can modify for files and folders.

Tabella 6.10. File and Folder Behavior Preferences

Opzione | Descrizione
--- | ---
Single click to activate items | Select this option to perform the default action for an item when you click on the item. When this option is selected, and you point to an item, the title of the item is underlined.
Double click to activate items | Select this option to perform the default action for an item when you double-click on the item.
Always open in browser windows | Select this option to use nautilus in browser mode rather than spatial mode. Selecting this lets you browse your files and folders in the same window, otherwise you will navigate your files and folders as objects.
Always use text entry location bar. | Select this option to force Nautilus to use the Location bar in location field mode instead of the button bar mode by default. For more on using the location bar see la sezione chiamata “Using the Location Bar”.
Run executable text files when they are clicked | Select this option to run an text executable file when you choose the file. An executable text file is a text file that can execute, that is, a shell script.
View executable text files when they are clicked | Select this option to display the contents of an executable text file when you choose the executable text file.
Ask each time | Select this option to display a dialog when you choose an executable text file. The dialog asks whether you want to execute the file or display the file.
Ask before emptying the Trash or deleting files | Select this option to display a confirmation message before Trash is emptied, or files are deleted. Leave this selected unless you have good reason not to.
Include a Delete command that bypasses Trash | Select this option to add a Delete menu item to the following menus: The Edit menu. The popup menu that is displayed when you right-click on a file, folder, or desktop object. When you select an item then choose the Delete menu item, the item is deleted from your file system immediately. There is no way to recover a deleted file. Do not select this unless you have good reason to.

### Display Preferences

An icon caption displays the name of a file or folder in an icon view. The icon caption also includes three additional items of information on the file or folder. The additional information is displayed after the file name. Normally only one item of information is visible, but when you zoom in on an icon, more of the information is displayed. You can modify what additional information is displayed in icon captions.

To set your preferences for icon captions, choose Edit->Preferences. Click on the Display tab to display the Display tabbed section.

Select the items of information that you want to display in the icon caption from the three drop-down lists. Select the first item from the first drop-down list, select the second item from the second drop-down list, and so on. The following table describes the items of information that you can select:

Information | Descrizione
--- | ---
Dimensione | Scegliere questa opzione per mostrare la dimensione dell'oggetto.
Tipo | Scegliere questa opzione per mostrare la descrizione del tipo MIME dell'oggetto.
Data di modifica | Choose this option to display the last modification date of the item.
Data d'accesso | Choose this option to display the date that the item was last accessed.
Proprietario | Scegliere questa opzione per mostrare il proprietario dell'oggetto.
Gruppo | Scegliere questa opzione per mostrare il gruppo a cui l'oggetto appartiene.
Permessi | Scegliere questa opzione per mostrare i permessi dell'oggetto come gruppi di tre caratteri, ad esempio `-rwxrw-r--`.
Permessi ottali | Scegliere questa opzione per mostrare i permessi dell'oggetto in notazione ottale, ad esempio `764`.
tipo MIME | Scegliere questa opzione per mostrare il tipo MIME dell'oggetto.
Nessuna | Sceglire questa opzione per non mostrare alcuna informazione per l'oggetto

The date Format option lets you choose how the date is displayed throughout Nautilus.

### List Columns Preferences

You can specify what information is displayed in list view in file manager windows. You can specify which columns are displayed in list view, and the order in which the columns are displayed.

To set your preferences for list columns, choose Edit->Preferences. Click on the List Columns tab to display the List Columns tabbed section.

To specify a column to display in list view, select the option that corresponds to the column, then click on the Show button. To remove a column from the list view, select the option that corresponds to the column, then click on the Hide button.

Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to specify the position of columns in list view.

To use the default columns and column positions, click on the Use Default button.

The following table describes the columns that you can display:

Information | Descrizione
--- | ---
Nome | Selezionare questa opzione per mostrare il nome dell'oggetto.
Dimensione | Scegliere questa opzione per mostrare la dimensione dell'oggetto.
Tipo | Choose this option to display the description of the MIME type of the item from the File Types and Programs preference tool.
Data di modifica | Choose this option to display the last modification date of the item.
Data d'accesso | Choose this option to display the date that the item was last accessed.
Gruppo | Scegliere questa opzione per mostrare il gruppo a cui l'oggetto appartiene.
tipo MIME | Scegliere questa opzione per mostrare il tipo MIME dell'oggetto.
Permessi ottali | Scegliere questa opzione per mostrare i permessi dell'oggetto in notazione ottale, ad esempio `764`.
Proprietario | Scegliere questa opzione per mostrare il proprietario dell'oggetto.
Permessi | Scegliere questa opzione per mostrare i permessi dell'oggetto come gruppi di tre caratteri, ad esempio `-rwxrw-r--`.

### Preview Preferences

The file manager include some file preview features. The preview features can affect the speed with which the file manager responds to your requests. You can modify the behavior of some of these features to improve the speed of the file manager. For each preview preference, you can select one of the options described in the following table:

Opzione | Descrizione
--- | ---
Sempre | Performs the action for both local files, and files on other file systems.
Solo file locali | Performs the action for local files only.
Mai | Never performs the action.

To set your preview preferences, choose Edit->Preferences. Click on the Preview tab dialog to display the Preview tabbed section.

Tabella 6.11, “Preview Preferences” lists the preview preferences that you can modify.

Tabella 6.11. Preview Preferences

Elemento dialog | Descrizione
--- | ---
Show text in icons | Select an option to specify when to preview the content of text files in the icon that represents the file.
Show thumbnails | Select an option to specify when to show thumbnails of image files. The file manager stores the thumbnail files for each folder in a `.thumbnails` directory in the user's Home Folder.
Only for files smaller than | Specify the maximum file size for files for which the file manager creates a thumbnail.
Preview sound files | Select an option to specify when to preview sound files.
Count number of items | Select an option to specify when to show the number of items in folders. When in icon view, you might need to increase your zoom level to see the number of items in each folder.

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