double click action doesn't work after renaming hidden files in list view

[Jared Langson]

Binary package hint: nautilus

Description:
When a a non hidden folder is renamed so that it becomes hidden enter and double left clicking no longer open that folder/file and instead do nothing. This problem is only contained within that window, when a new window is created this problem does not exist. However, Alt+Down arrow, single right click -> Open, and Ctrl+L then typing in the path, still work.

How to reproduce:
This has only been tested in my home folder. Choose any folder that is not hidden. Single Right Click -> Rename and add . to the begining making it hidden, press enter.

Version Information:
Nautilus 2.18.1

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jun 29 18:46:47 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
Package: nautilus 1:2.18.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: nautilus --no-default-window --sm-client-id default2
ProcCwd: /home/jlang
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux jlang-laptop 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Vincent Legout (vlegout)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Under Ubuntu, if the name of the folder begins with a point, then it is a hidden folder. It isn't a bug.

[Jared Langson (trifod)]

Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear enough. Yes I know that prefixing a . to a name makes it a hidden file. However, I have nautilus set to view hidden files so my complaint is not that the file "disapears" and I can't open it. The bug that occurs prevents the use of ENTER or DOUBLE-LEFT-CLICK from being used to open all folders, not just the one that has been renamed.

[Vincent Legout (vlegout)]

I'm sorry, I didn't understand the comment.

I understand now and I con reproduce the bug. I mark it as confirmed.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug. What nautilus mode and view do you use?

[Jared Langson (trifod)]

browser mode and list view.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460499

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Comment from upstream:
"This does not happen anymore in 2.21.2.
Other issues with renaming folders/files from non-hidden to hidden, are
described in bug #342819. Closing as obsolete, but feel free to open again if
you can still reproduce it with a valid testcase."

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

closing the bug since that should work correctly in hardy, feel free to reopen if that's not the case though