Duplicate results of "Search files" should show corresponding folder somehow

Bug #1258305 reported by Christian González
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Nautilus
Fix Released
Wishlist
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

The new search functionality of Nautilus by ad-hoc searching files when you start typing is loved by some and hated by others - I don't want to discuss this here.
But the new search method lacks an important feature: it is not possible to distinguish two files (or folders) that are in different folders.
Let me give an example.
Create a new folder "test123" in your $HOME directory. Create another "test123" in "Downloads".
Now navigate to your $HOME dir and start typing "test". Immediately nNautilus shows you the two entries "test123" (and maybe others if you have files/folders with similar names).
But it is not distinguishable which of the two folders is "~/test123" and which is "~/Downloads/test123".

Possible solution: Nautilus should show the folder containing this item as tooltip of the item.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.8.2-0ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Dec 5 21:03:25 2013
GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'1210x705+1562+222'"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-27 (8 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Christian González (droetker) wrote :
Changed in nautilus:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
status: Unknown → New
Changed in nautilus:
status: New → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Paul White (paulw2u) wrote :

Upstream bug showing "RESOLVED FIXED" on 2016-02-10
Search now uses list view to display file and path
Tested ok with Ubuntu 18.04 and nautilus 3.26.4
Closing by marking "Fix Released"

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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