[HOWTO] Enable “delete” key in Nautilus 3 (Fedora 15)

11
June 1st, 2011 Permalink

By default, the keyboard short cut for “Move to Trash” is Ctrl+Delete in Nautilus 3 in Fedora 15. To set Delete as short cut for Move to Trash operation, follow the steps below. Launch the terminal and execute the following to enable short cut editing: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface can-change-accels true Now, open (Nautilus) File Manager [...]

By default, the keyboard short cut for “Move to Trash” is Ctrl+Delete in Nautilus 3 in Fedora 15. To set Delete as short cut for Move to Trash operation, follow the steps below.

Launch the terminal and execute the following to enable short cut editing:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface can-change-accels true

Now, open (Nautilus) File Manager and select a file. Now, click on Edit menu and take your mouse over to “Move to Trash”. With mouse over this item, press “Delete” key two times. Now, you will see the short cut has been set as the key for “Move to Trash”.

In terminal, type in the following to disable short cut editing:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface can-change-accels false

Hope this helps.

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

  • Pingback: 20 Things to do after installing Fedora 15 | The _khAttAm_ blog

  • kurtdriver

    Thanks for this, the next item down in the “Edit” menu is delete, which I’d rather do. That option works as well.

  • Eddie Duffy

    Works a treat, many thanks!

  • Eddie Duffy

    Works a treat, many thanks!

  • http://www.akmc.lt Liudas

    Great tip!

  • Andreas

    Thanks so much, I’m now even likening Gnome 3 more. Still not as much as Gnome 2 though. I hope they’ll bring back settings easier, even if it’s a program you need to install so you can get full access to settings.

  • Pingback: Feedback on GNOME 3.0 « SRA Lab

  • Hougaard

    Thank you so much – Very easy to follow and works like a charm. ^^

  • Pingback: Issues with Creating "Delete" shortcut key in Fedora 17

  • Jean-Luc

    Thanks, it’s well explained works fine on debian too!

  • http://twitter.com/fullbellyvrc Vijay Chakravarthy

    thanks! worked well.