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By default the file manager has several links in the left column:

  • Recent
  • Home
  • Desktop
  • Documents
  • Downloads
  • Music
  • Pictures
  • Videos
  • Trash

Can I make an option for 'Programming' in that list? What steps would I need to do?

I specifically want to draw attention to the fact that I am using Ubuntu 16.10. The link challenging this as a 'duplicate' question was for an older version of Ubuntu. I am asking for instructions specific to Ubuntu 16.10

Ron Piggott
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This works for various file managers, across different Ubuntu versions and even on other distros.

Locate and edit the GTK bookmarks file (for Ubuntu 16.10 it is located at ~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks) and add to it:

file:///path/to/programming_dir Programming

By the way, you can use a one liner:

echo "file:///path/to/programming_dir Programming" >> ~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks

For remote dirs, you can use other URI schemas, like smb://.

Samuel
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