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joaocandre

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Registered: 2013-02-23

Posts: 166

Gnome's Default Bookmarks/User folders

Is it possible to edit the default folders that appear on Nautilus' sidebar? Particularly the user directories (Downloads, Pictures) - can I add specific directories, AND specify an icon?

ooo

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Registered: 2013-04-10

Posts: 1,638

Re: Gnome's Default Bookmarks/User folders

They are standard xdg user directories, and you can change their location or 'disable' them by pointing particular directory to $HOME.
for example:

# ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/warez"  # change downloads dir location to ~/warez
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/"  # disable templates directory

However you can't add custom xdg directories to the list, or change the icons.

joaocandre

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Registered: 2013-02-23

Posts: 166

Re: Gnome's Default Bookmarks/User folders

I had already tried to mess with the default xdg dirs, but the folders I add only show up under "Bookmarks". Alternatively, is there a way to remove the "Browse Network" and "Connect to Server" entries from the sidebar?