I use the Nemo file manager on Linux Mint 19 Tara. Usually I only work with the compact view without thumbnails (see image A), but occasionally I switch to icon view with thumbnails (see image B).
To switch from A to B I have to
- Open the settings
- Enable thumbnails
- Change to icon view
and to switch back from B to A
- Open the settings
- Disable thumbnails
- Change to compact view
I'd like switch by just clicking the icon view (see image 3) or compact view (see image 6) buttons in the toolbar so that I have to click only once instead of seven times.
Q: Is there a way to enable thumbnails only in icon view?
I already checked for hidden dconf settings but couldn't find any. Maybe there is a plugin for what I need or a simple way to write one.
Possible workarounds which would also be acceptable:
- A toolbar button to toggle thumbnails on/off.
- Enable thumbnails only for icon sizes > ??px. I always use small icons in compact view and bigger icons/thumbnails in icon view.
I'm not interested in
- showing thumbnails only in certain directories or for certain file types.
- using another file manger.
This question is tagged as nautilus since Nemo is a fork of Nautilus. If there is a solution for Nautilus please post it. I may be able to use that solution for Nemo too.