[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

So, https://help.launchpad.net/HelpOnFormatting says that the MoinMoin wiki syntax is supported, which it is evidently not, so here's the code bit from my post, cleaned up: [...] this experiment, which worked well: mkdir ~/.templates touch ~/.templates/document.txt Edit relevant bit in

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

This still (surprisingly) seems to be an issue in Ubuntu 22.04 ... Perhaps Ubuntu could add support for having the templates in a hidden folder such as `~/.templates`, and ship it just a single empty file, as a starting example? I just tried this experiment, which worked well: `mkdir

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

** Tags removed: artful zesty -- 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/1632027 Title: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+ To manage notifications about this

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

Adding templates file to ~/Templates works for Nautilus 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1 (Ubuntu 20.04), but the right context menu is not available if one has no more empty space left in the window to right click (say when you display a directory with 50+ files in it). My comment suggest probably another bug

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

I'll add my frustration here as well and possibly a solution. I think we all agree that this is a basic feature and removing it results in a horrible user experience. The key here is IMHO the lack of discoverability. I wouldn't call myself a beginner user and yet I had no idea that the

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

The workaround as suggested by Steve G and others is not very satisfactory because the first thing that you want to do after creating a new document is change the name. Previously, after creating the document you were immediately in a text field so that you could change the name. Using the

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

** Changed in: nautilus Status: Unknown => Invalid ** Changed in: nautilus Importance: Unknown => Wishlist -- 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/1632027 Title:

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

Add (old) bug report ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #687139 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687139 ** Changed in: nautilus Importance: Undecided => Unknown ** Changed in: nautilus Status: New => Unknown ** Changed in: nautilus Remote watch: None => GNOME Bug

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

According to the upstream developer the feature *does* exist, but has a prerequisite requirement that the user's template folder must have at least one template file in order to make the "New Document" submenu appear. The upstream report has been updated to make Files preserve the same behavior

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

I have filed the bug to GNOME upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/407 Unfortunately currently Launchpad doesn't support GitLab issues so it can't be directly linked to this bug report. ** Also affects: nautilus Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

Affected to Ubuntu 18.04 as well, it's weird such basic feature doesn't exist in upstream GNOME in the first place... -- 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/1632027 Title:

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

If this will continu, most users who want to work comfortably will be forced to migrate to another file manager (as Caja in MATE DE - old good Nautilus successor). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

This post may or may not be true, but the workaround seems to be `sudo apt install nemo` and to use nemo instead. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/01/ubuntu-18-04-lts-will-ship-older- version-nautilus -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

This is such a basic feature, how can it possibly take 2 years to accept a patch? I just want to make a new text file. What is this "Templates" folder for if not this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu Package testing tracker. A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here: http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1632027 ** Tags added: package-qa-testing -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

** Tags removed: rls-y-incoming yakkety ** Tags added: artful bionic zesty -- 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/1632027 Title: New Document feature missing from

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

This seems to affect 17.10 -- 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/1632027 Title: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+ To manage notifications about this bug

Re: [Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

Wow! Will this ever be backported to Ubuntu 16.10? On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 3:51 PM Jeremy Bicha wrote: > ** Description changed: > > Ubuntu has a patch ( 16_unity_new_documents.patch ) to enable a 'New > Document' function in the right-click context menu. This patch was

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

** Description changed: Ubuntu has a patch ( 16_unity_new_documents.patch ) to enable a 'New Document' function in the right-click context menu. This patch was not ported to Nautilus 3.20 so this Ubuntu-specific feature is missing in Ubuntu 16.10. + +

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

Same problem than in comment #10, but trying to reset the ~/.config (e.g. http://www.linuxslaves.com/2016/05/fix-ubuntu-no-icons-panels-launcher-except-background.html) seems to fix the problem for me. No more investigations... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

Placing files in ~/Templates directory does not work. What to do? -- 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/1632027 Title: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

@stefg-bz, I created an empty file named "empty" in ~/Templates but I still don't have the context menu entry. -- 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/1632027 Title: New

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- 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/1632027 Title: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

To have the "New Document" menu item back in the mean time, just add an empty file named "empty" for example in ~/Templates. -- 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/1632027

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

Bronson, this bug is only about the "New Document" feature. I don't think any of the other stuff you mentioned is directly related to this issue. Please file a separate bug for each separate issue. That will make it much easier to see the status of a specific issue. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

Ah one other frustrating feature is the way the new pop-ups in nautilus occur when a file transfer or action happens and finish. There needs to be a way to turn these off and disable them completely! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

ops these were supposed to be part of my other bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1634334 oh well, they're all related. Ive tried to install nemo as a replacement in the meantime till this is fixed... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

and the 16.10 version of the same view is unreadable ** Attachment added: "1610.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1632027/+attachment/4764708/+files/1610.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

ok ive added a screenshot showing the weird spacing issue thats happening on nautilus 16.10. The icons have all get crushed up together making this view useless ** Attachment added: "1604.png"

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

also noticed other things seem weird such as - shortcut keys are always showing in right click menu (no way to disable this either!) - The dividers seem very visually awkward now in the right click menu, on 16.04 is was very flat, now on 16.10 its very deep and gouging to look at. -- You

[Bug 1632027] Re: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu.