Public bug reported: The main reason being it's what previous Ubuntu/nautilus users are expecting/used to & is a bit 'cleaner' Additional reasons to consider are it's no a menu or gui pref's option so only can be changed in dconf (editor or gsettings) which won't be apparent to most users. Those wishing to have set to false will likely know how to do so
While only a 1 word source edit could just as well be done in the nautilus.gschema.override, i'd suspect adding this would suffice. [org.gnome.nautilus.preferences] sort-directories-first=true ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu2 [modified: usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/10_nautilus.gschema.override] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-7.7-generic 3.5.0 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-7-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Aug 3 16:59:06 2012 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'1115x655+59+24'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'159' InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120707) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1032833 Title: Nautilus preferences: sort-directories-first should be enabled by default To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1032833/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs