Nautilus list view: How do I permanently change the displayed columns?

[Paddy Landau]

In Ubuntu 20.04, I can open Nautilus > Preferences > List Columns, and select which columns I want shown in list view.

In Ubuntu 22.04, that option isn't available. Instead, I can right-click the column bar, and select the columns what I want. But, I have to do this separately with every single directory that I visit.

I can't figure out how to set my choices as the default. I searched in dconf-editor, but was unsuccessful.

How do I set the columns for Nautilus, please?

[&KyT$0P#]

I couldn't find a GUI way to do this, so I did it in dconf-editor modifying /org/gnome/nautilus/list-view/default-visible-columns

[Paddy Landau]

I couldn't find a GUI way to do this, so I did it in dconf-editor modifying /org/gnome/nautilus/list-view/default-visible-columns

I had to add the key, because it doesn't exist on 22.04. I took the values from 20.04, and did this:

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.list-view default-visible-columns "['name', 'size', 'owner', 'permissions', 'date_modified_with_time', 'detailed_type']"

It worked, thank you.

[&KyT$0P#]

I had to add the key, because it doesn't exist on 22.04.

Huh? That key exist by default for me in multiple installations of both Ubuntu 22.04 and Pop!_OS 22.04 (which is based on Ubuntu and also uses GNOME)

Sorry I don't know how to troubleshoot why it's missing for you, but good to hear this solution still worked for you.

[Paddy Landau]

Huh? That key exist by default for me in multiple installations of both Ubuntu 22.04 and Pop!_OS 22.04

How odd! My installation must be… curious.