On 27 January 2011 09:01, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berke...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have over a thousand pdf files, and I have noticed that every time I > open one of the sub-folders containing them, the file manager starts > whooshing around trying to collect tiny icon-sized copies of the front > pages of every pdf in the sub-folder and display them next to the file > details in the file list. There is a simple preferences box which allows > the usual modifications of what gets displayed in a file list, but I > can't see how to deactivate this particular feature. Does anyone know a > way?
In Nautilus (the file manager) select Edit > Preferences then on the the Preview tab there is a Show thumbnails option which I think is what you want. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/