Dash file search doesn't provide sufficient information to distinguish between files with the same name

Bug #1142435 reported by Arthur Blair
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ayatana Design
New
Undecided
Unassigned
Unity
Incomplete
Undecided
Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

If a Dash search returns multiple files with the same name, there is no way to determine which is the one you actually wanted (short of opening each one in turn, or selecting "Show in Folder" from each Preview).

To solve this, it should be possible to find out the full path of each file, or at least the name of its containing directory, without leaving the Dash. Ideally this would be possible without having to make any additional clicks, for example the currently highlighted file could have its (truncated) path displayed, rather than just its filename. Alternatively (or additionally) the Preview for each file could show its full path.

Tags: needs-design
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Low
Revision history for this message
Roger Hess (roger-hess) wrote :

The same problem exists even for files with diffrent but similar names because Filenames are truncated and there is no way to see the full Filename in the dash.

Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)
Changed in unity:
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
tags: added: needs-design
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