When 'Files' has one window open and is in the background, clicking on 'Files' to bring the open window in front, opens a new window instead, then by right clicking on 'Files' can the open window be selected.

[Deochand Bridgemohan]

When 'Files' has one window open and is in the background, clicking on 'Files' to bring the open window in front, opens a new window instead, then by right clicking on 'Files' can the open window be selected. Even with the Files window open and in front, clicking on Files opens a new window. Only after having at least 2 windows open, by clicking on Files will allow choosing an open window.

I'm using the recently released Ubuntu 13.04

What I expected to happen is when having an open window in the background, clicking Files, would bring it in front and selected, not open a new window. I like the feature however about having the ability to choose from more than one open window by right clicking on Files. This selection is also missing when only one window is open.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 28 20:58:10 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'800x550+65+24'"
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'maximized' b'true'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-01 (27 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-25 (3 days ago)
XsessionErrors:
 (nautilus:1991): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
 (nautilus:1991): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
 (process:3697): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion `sys_page_size == 0' failed
 (process:5188): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion `sys_page_size == 0' failed

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Salem (salemsaberhagen)]

This also happens to me, but not always. Sometimes it works as expected...

[Deochand Bridgemohan (deochand)]

I noticed that too, sometimes it works as expected when Ubuntu boots up, but then Nautilus gets an error and that's when the bug starts.