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How can I change the nautilus columns width in file manager?

Asked by schnollk

I Cannot modify the width of the columns in nautilus file manager, when the mouse is on the right side of the column of the name (for example) I see the double arrow but I cannot move the width neither right clicking nor left. Simply does not happen anything. Am I making something wrong? Can you hel me? (I use Ubuntu 8.10 and Nautilus 2.24.1)
Thank you
mario

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#1

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schnollk (schnollk) said : 		#2

Hi Ubuntuworld.

Is there noone out there who knows how to set this setting? I'd really welcome an answer here.

Thanks again,
cheers.

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Trevor Schauls (trevorschauls) said : 		#3

It can take awhile to reach people. It's not like we get paid to do this! Try to go to edit, preferences. Also to the left is a menu to view as a list or icons. For really long names, it is best to use the list view. Also try to shorten the names.

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dyno7351 (dyno7351) said : 		#4

It's 2010 and the annoyance is still present. To re-iterate in nautilus detail view, I can drag the column width of the file name field to the right only. Any attempt to make it small does not work. Is there a setting somewhere that controls this behavior?

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Ari Passopolis (apasserby) said : 		#5

It is 2013 and this bug is still alive! In Gnome Nautilus 3.8.2 under kernel 3.8.0-26-generic (64-bit), using the mouse to change column width is unavailing. It's as if these widths are hard coded. This seems to be a reversion, since the problem has been reported by various people ever since 2007. Now, 6 years later, the bug remains unswatted. This sort of thing is an embarrassment to Ubuntu. Can something be done?

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