Viewing and Opening Files

In Icon and List Views

The first time you launch Nautilus, you see folders and files represented as icons. This is the icon view.

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Look at your files and folders in two views:

  • To see the contents of a folder as a list, click the View as pop-up menu and choose View as List.

  • To sort the items displayed in list view, click the column headers (Name, Size, Type, and Date Modified).