How to set visible columns default for the 'Files' file manager?

How to set visible columns default for the 'Files' file manager?


For Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:

  1. Open Terminal with Ctrl-Alt-T
  2. Install dconf-tools:
sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
  1. Open dconf-editor using dconf-editor command.

  2. Go to org/gnome/nautilus/list-view/default-visible-columns. There you can edit the custom value field with the name of the columns you would like to be as the default view for all your folders.

My Custom value;

['name', 'size', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'date_modified', 'starred']

Names of the columns from the nautalius project:

['name', 'size', 'type', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'detailed_type', 'where', 'date_modified_with_time', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'date_created', 'recency', 'starred']
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