How to paste a path in "ubuntu explorer" to rapidly access a folder?

Question

I was browsing a local web page, I copied the address (file:///media/383C4E753C4E2DE6/rar/lua/estacao/003/pessoas.htm), and now I want to paste this path (file:///media/383C4E753C4E2DE6/rar/lua/estacao/) in the "ubuntu explorer" to rapidly access the folder estacao, and copy the folder 003.

I also want to create a shortcut in the folder "document" using the path copied to clipboard.

muru · Answer 1 · 2016-07-03T14:45:10.420

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Press CtrlL. The breadcrumb trail on the File browser will change to an address bar like the one you see in browsers. Paste the location and press Enter. Press CtrlL again to revert to the trail.

edited Jul 03 '16 at 14:45

answered Jul 03 '14 at 11:31

muru

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Sweet. Is there also a mouse-only way? – Cees Timmerman Nov 06 '18 at 10:43
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@CeesTimmerman nothing so quick, AFAIK. The equivalent of Ctrl-L is "Enter Location" in the "Go" Menu. – muru Nov 21 '18 at 06:28
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Thank you. To me, this is not intuitive at all - and quite an annoyance. A simple "paste" should suffice; why isn't that possible? "you just have to know this little trick"... this answer is helpful - but I consider this an UX fail. – foo Jan 07 '20 at 13:25
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True. This is really annoying and not intuitive at all. By double clicking or pasting into search icon should have option to paste path. Considering Linux is developer's OS, don't know why they are forcing people to navigate from UI rather pasting paths. – Ganesh Satpute Jun 20 '20 at 06:48
Can anyone tell me: What is the "Go" menu? I haven't found it. – Martini Bianco Apr 26 '24 at 21:05
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@MartiniBianco they shuffled things around a few years ago. Now you just click the "Other Locations +" in the sidebar. Ctrl-L should still work, however. – muru Apr 27 '24 at 07:56
Definitely a UX fail... I needed to Google this. – virgo47 May 15 '24 at 18:55

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 24 '21 at 15:08

I know it's quite old, but this page was the first result when I searched for a way to paste a path in ubuntu explorer. And after finding the shortcut here, I found a way to make this change permanently with the following command in a terminal :

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always-use-location-entry true

Reversing to normal behavior can be done with :

gsettings reset org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always-use-location-entry

How to paste a path in "ubuntu explorer" to rapidly access a folder?

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