The upcoming launch of GNOME 45 — anticipated September twentieth — will carry new options to the Nautilus file supervisor (now in public beta testing). An nameless reader shared this report from 9to5Linux:
Nautilus in GNOME 45 already acquired a search efficiency increase, help for dropping pictures straight from internet pages, an improved Grid View that now signifies starred information too, the power to show bytes dimension as a tooltip for folder properties, and a extra adaptive design for the sidebar. It additionally obtained an improved file opening expertise whereas sandboxed (suppose Flatpak, Snap, and so on.), a extra constant date and time format, a extra simplistic definition of the Keyboard Shortcuts window, the power to refocus the search bar utilizing the Ctrl+F keyboard shortcut, and a greater archiving expertise.
However there’s room for extra new options as Nautilus now acquired new “Search All over the place” buttons to broaden the search scope and a contemporary full-height sidebar format, together with refined sidebar sizing and folding threshold. That is what Nautilus appears like in GNOME 45. The article consists of some screenshots, including that Nautilus “additionally acquired some efficiency enhancements to extra rapidly generate a number of thumbnails, present customers with flickerless transition into and from search, and keep away from DBus-activating different apps when it begins.”