The correct shortcut uses Alt, not Ctrl. This was fixed for Quantal by reverting to Nautilus 3.4 and it was fixed for Raring in 3.6.
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1026236 Title: Ctrl+ arrow keys: back, forward, up are non-functional Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Test case: Open nautilus, navigate a dir. or two Use any of theses 3, - ctrl+up arrow, ctrl+left arrow, ctrl+right arrow None are functional but they are intended to be upstream While I gather not the solution, if any of the above are added to the page menu then the binding(s) become functional (nautilus-shell-ui.xml ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-4.4-generic 3.5.0-rc6 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-4-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.3-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jul 18 12:33:16 2012 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'1043x619+117+68'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'165' InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120707) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1026236/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp