After a little more testing, I stumbled across something. If you select 'Compact layout' from the context menu, you can then switch back and forth between views from preferences. It seems the option in preferences is some what pointless.
-- Compact layout in file manager preferences has no effect https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/405992 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
