Comment 25 for bug 366963

In search for a solution, I ended up here. Sort of sad to see that the decision seems finalized in not including the feature.

I wish Nautilus could have this feature as an option in the properties. The team can make the default to not allow open-as for directories, but those who adore the feature can still simply enable it. Nautilus has not much options available in its properties but I suppose that is so to keep things simple, and I do respect the decision.

I understand that decision making is very hard.
I thank the team developing Nautilus for all of their hard decision making and their effort to bring a great tool for everyone.

Thank you.