Background can not be clicked in Files (Nautilus) 3.6.3, in listview mode

[Walter Ribeiro]

In listview mode, Nautilus does not allow clicking on background, when browsing a folder with more files than a single page.

This must be classified as a bug because:
1. Background click is necessary to unselect a file;
2. Background click is available in iconview mode, so it is a doubtful behavior;
3. Users are accustomed to access context menu right clicking background in order to create folder, share folder, create file, etc;
4. Files can't be dragged & dropped into current folder.

Furthermore, it is a kind of regression, since this error has been corrected in a earlier version.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-6.13-generic 3.8.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-6-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Feb 18 11:04:34 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'800x550+296+84'"
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'173'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-17 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20130208)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pt_BR:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Walter Ribeiro (wribeirojr)]

Upstream bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=689768

[Casey (casey-jao)]

This problem was fixed in Nautilus 3.30. Is there any possibly of backporting the patches to bionic?