Nautilus takes no notice of my selection in File --> Properties

[Ken Sharp]

1. Select directory.
2. Go to File --> Properties.
3. Nautilus shows properties of the wrong thing.

Nautilus doesn't appear to have any idea what it's doing.

Cut and Copy are also not an option so I've had to revert to the command line!

Screenshots attached.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-33.48~precise1-generic 3.8.13.11
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-33-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 20 01:03:12 2013
GsettingsChanges:
 org.gnome.nautilus.window-state geometry '800x550+437+144'
 org.gnome.nautilus.window-state maximized true
 org.gnome.nautilus.window-state sidebar-width 235
 org.gnome.nautilus.window-state start-with-status-bar true
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. You can right click on the file to open the properties as well, no need to use the command line. Could you try with a newer version to see if that's still an issue? I can't confirm on Ubuntu 13.10, it ignores the selection and give the properties of the current folter in that version though

[Ken Sharp (kennybobs)]

Upgraded to Trusty and there is no change. Choosing "Properties" (this time from the little gear icon in the top right) gives me the properties of the directory I'm browsing, rather than the selected entry. Or is this the intention?

[Ken Sharp (kennybobs)]

The file menu, as well as all the others, have been removed from Nautilus, which is marvellous.

Nemo, a fork of Nautilus which doesn't adore Unity, doesn't have this issue in Trusty or Xenial. There is no Nemo for Precise but then it wasn't needed.

[Ads20000 (ads20000)]

Sebastien can you make this Won't Fix (or Invalid - your call)? As per #5 it seems like there's now no Properties menu item that's not available by right click.