Button bar

The button bar is displayed by default . It contains a row of buttons representing the current location's hierarchy, with a button for each folder. Click the button to switch between folders in the hierarchy. You can return to the original folder, which is shown as the last button in the row.

You can also drag buttons, for example, to another location, to copy a folder.

Text location bar

The text location bar shows the current location as a text path, for example, /home/user/Documents. The location field is useful to navigate to a known folder.

To go to a new location, type a new path or edit the current one, and then press Return. The path field automatically completes what you are typing when there is only one possibility. To accept the suggested completion, press Tab.

To always use the text location bar, click the toggle button at the left of the location bar.

To switch to the text location bar while using the button bar, press Ctrl+L, choose Go → Location, or press / (Leading Slash) to type a path from the root directory. The location bar shows the location buttons again after you press Return or press Esc to cancel.

Search bar

Press Ctrl+F or select the Search toolbar button to display the search bar. For more information about the search bar, see Searching Files.