Ctrl or Shift + click don't work to select multiple files in listview

Bug #2023500 reported by Nicolás Abel Carbone
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #2023417: Update nautilus to 44.2.1. Edit Remove
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Low
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Bug Description

I am trying to select multiple files in nautilus with keyboard + mouse and none of the default method works. Neither Ctrl + left clicking on each file or Shift + left clicking and selecting the last item work.

Selecting using only the mouse by dragging over multiple files do work.

I can reproduce this bug in two different PCs running Ubuntu 23.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: nautilus 1:44.0-1ubuntu2
Uname: Linux 6.3.6-060306-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Jun 11 17:05:50 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-02-02 (494 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Release amd64 (20211012)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to lunar on 2023-04-15 (57 days ago)

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Nicolás Abel Carbone (nicocarbone) wrote :
summary: - Ctrl + click and Shift + click doesn't work to select multiple files
+ Ctrl + click and Shift + click don't work to select multiple files
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : Re: Ctrl + click and Shift + click don't work to select multiple files

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

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. Do you use the list or icon view? Which keyboard layout and input method are active?

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Nicolás Abel Carbone (nicocarbone) wrote :

I use list view. I just checked and the bug is not present in icon view, I am sorry I didn't realize it before.

I am using a Spanish (latinamerica) layout, keyboard and mouse are the only input methods active.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/3002 suggests it was fixed in gtk, could you check if the gtk update on bug #2022851 is resolving the issue for you?

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
summary: - Ctrl + click and Shift + click don't work to select multiple files
+ Ctrl or Shift + click don't work to select multiple files in listview
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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RonsonK (ronsonk) wrote :

I can confirm that installing Nautilus 1:44.2.1-0ubuntu1 through Proposed solves the issue for me.

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40rozbojnik (40rozbojnik) wrote :

I can confirm too, I've done the same - installed nautilus from proposed and it's work well: shift + click, copying/pasting/deleting files etc.

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Felix Moreno (info-justdust) wrote :

Seems is fixed now.

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