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Start Files

Start Nautilus (Files) from the launcher or desktop overview -> the filemanager view is opened and displays the content of the userdir

Create and rename a Folder

In the current directory right click on a blank section and select 'New Folder'. -> A dialog prompting for the folder name is displayed

Enter a name for the folder and press enter or click the confirmation button -> A folder with the entered name appears in the directory

Rename the folder to 'test' -> The folders name is changed to 'test'

Move files

Create a file Drag and drop the file to a folder -> check that the file correctly got moved to the folder

Do the same by using the context menu 'move to' item

Delete and restore

Create a 'test' folder Right click on 'test' folder and select Move to Trash -> test folder is removed. Trash folder icon is changed to Not empty Click the Trash Icon in the sidebar -> the Trash show the 'test' folder

Right click on the 'test' item and select 'Restore from the Trash' -> the directory should be back to the original location

Search

Click the Search Icon in the top Input 'test' -> the 'test' folder is listed

Recent files

Double click in the 'test' folder Create a text file there and open it with the Text Editor Close the Editor Click the Recent Icon in the sidebar -> the file should be listed

Right click on the file and select 'Remove from Recent' -> the item shouldn't be listed in the recent view anymore

Template

$ echo "A text template" > ~/Templates/Txt (replace 'Templates' by the directory set for XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR in XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR if needed)

In nautilus right click on a blank section and select New Document, then 'Txt' in the dialog and confirm A document named 'Txt' with the content 'A text template' should be created in the current directory

Remote servers

If you have access to samba shares on your local network click on 'Other locations' in the sidebar and browse to them

Try to connect to a ssh server you have access to by doing ctrl-L and typing ssh://<name_or_ip>

External devices

Connect an external storage device to the computer (USB stick, phone in file sharing mode, ...) -> check that it's listed in the sidebar

Click on the corresponding item -> check that you can browse the drive, open or copy files

Email

Try to left click on a file and pick the 'email...' option. A composer dialog from the email client configured as default for the user should be triggered with the file attached. Note that the feature only works with thunderbird if the 'nautilus-sendto' package is installed. Without nautilus-sendto thunderbird would get no file attached to the composer but the feature should still work with evolution or geary.

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