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[SOLVED] Default Icon View

Dabrudda

Sat Apr 23, 2016 4:55:25 pm

Since Zorin 10 the default icon view is "View items as a grid of icons" which I do not want as my default. In previous versions we were able to switch the default view so the icon would always default to what we prefer. There is no graphical way to change the icon default view to "View items as a list" that I can find. How do I make my icons always open as a list. I don't like having to switch from the grid to list view every time I open my file browser.

Swarfendor437

Sat Apr 23, 2016 7:13:43 pm

Hi, Please see this thread here:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11729&p=52243&hilit=midnight+commander#p52187

Dabrudda

Sat May 07, 2016 5:17:37 pm

Found this on another page which works to set the default icon view to list
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2275694

Code:
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences default-folder-viewer 'list-view'

Swarfendor437

Sat May 07, 2016 8:18:58 pm

Good find! Can this thread be marked as [SOLVED] now? ;) :D

Dabrudda

Mon May 09, 2016 5:04:28 am

Yes, my problem is solved.