Nautilus type-ahead doesn't search on first key

Bug #1666800 reported by shemgp
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Bug Description

In both dev and stable nautilus (2.23 & 2.22), when trying to use type-ahead (not CTRL+F), one needs to type the first letter twice to search for a folder. In other words, one has to activate the type-ahead by typing any letter, then that's the only time it starts searching. Could it not be made to search directly when typing in the nautilus window?

Thank you.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.23.90-0ubuntu0~zesty2 [origin: LP-PPA-gnome3-team-gnome3-staging]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-8.10-generic 4.10.0-rc8
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Wed Feb 22 15:12:00 2017
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-28 (512 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-01-08 (44 days ago)

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shemgp (shemgp) wrote :
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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :

This was "fixed" in the GNOME3 Staging PPA for zesty yesterday by dropping the type-ahead patch. See bug 1666681 for more information about the problems with that patch.

You may to log out and log back in to see the change since you already have the new version installed ( nautilus 1:3.23.90-0ubuntu0~zesty2 )

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