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Sidebar Devices section is not accessible via keys #1921
Description
* Nemo version (nemo --version): 3.8.5
* Is issue with desktop or windowed nemo?: (not relevant)
* Distribution - (Mint 17.2, Arch, Fedora 25, etc...): Mint 19
* Graphics hardware *and* driver used: (not relevant)
* 32 or 64 bit: 64 bit
Issue
When navigating the sidebar with the keys, the Devices section can't be reached.
Steps to reproduce
Focus on the sidebar, then repeatedly tap the arrow down (or keep it tapped). The cursor will stop before Devices, in my case, on Trash.
Expected behaviour
Devices should be able to be selected, as it's possible to do this in all the Gnome file manager forks.
Activity
xenopeek commentedon Jun 27, 2020
Confirming issue present in Nemo 4.6.4:
github-actions commentedon Mar 2, 2026
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github-actions commentedon Apr 2, 2026
This issue has been automatically closed due to inactivity.
If you can still reproduce this issue on a current version,
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ShiromiTsukasa commentedon May 20, 2026
Still an issue on nemo 6.6.3.
That said, you can workaround it by first pressing F9 twice to get rid of the sidebar cursor, then hit F6 to go to the sidebar panel, and then press either right or left arrow to highlight the first dropdown root, which should be
My Computer, then hit space to collapse it, then you can actually go the devices tab.cohnt commentedon Oct 15, 2026
The above trick doesn't work for me on 6.0.2, but my current workaround is to use typeahead in the sidebar, which does work. But it's really frustrating that the arrow keys let you navigate within a section (e.g. "My Computer" or "Bookmarks"), but when you get to the bottom, it doesn't just jump to the next section below it.