Does not search or index files from Dropbox [Ubuntu 17.10]

Bug #1725257 reported by Javier Antonio Nisa Avila
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Gnome-Shell of ubuntu 17.10 do not search and not index files from Dropbox folders. Shell of ubuntu 17.10 only search files from all folders except files that are in dropbox folders, this files only can located in nautilus but not in shell. Please solve this bug to can search the files of diferentes clouds providers as dropbox in the shell, now do not search files in shell. Thanks.

summary: - do not search files from dropbox ubuntu 17.10
+ do not search and not index files from dropbox ubuntu 17.10
description: updated
summary: - do not search and not index files from dropbox ubuntu 17.10
+ Does not search or index files from Dropbox [Ubuntu 17.10]
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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Taylor Downs (taylordowns2000) wrote :

Also impacts Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Beta 2. I'd love to try my hand at a patch—any advice on where to star there?

Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)
affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) → nautilus (Ubuntu)
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Taylor Downs (taylordowns2000) wrote :

Thank you, Jeremey! It seems that this is now no longer an issue. I'm on the Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch) and updated this morning. (April 17th, 2018).

Dropbox folders are now being indexed properly and I can search for files within Dropbox folders.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Indeed the file search feature got improved in bionic

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Satchit Bhogle (satchitb) wrote :

I'm experiencing this in Ubuntu 20.04 with GNOME 3.36.2. Search doesn't throw up any files or folders in my Dropbox folder, EXCEPT bookmarked folders.

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