nautilus expanding the first visible folder after using keyboard to select a file

[evenjn]

Binary package hint: nautilus

In ubuntu 8.10, just updated from 8.04.

open nautilus 2.24.1
go to a place with a lot (1000+) of folders (I didn't try with less than 1000..)

follow strictly the next four operations:
- Switch to list view (ctrl+2)
- left-click to select a folder
- type some text to find a specific folder (the typed text will appear in the bottom-right corner)
- left-click to select a folder (but you can also click anywhere else in the viewport)

I expect that nautilus selects the folder I just clicked on, but instead nautilus expands the first folder visible in the window

[robert114 (robertreems)]

same here.

I'm having this issue on all my machines:
1. Ubuntu 8.10 (32 bit)
CPU AMD X2
GPU Nvidia
compiz enabled

1. Ubuntu 8.10 (32 bit)
CPU Intel dual coe
GPU Intel
compiz enabled

[robert114 (robertreems)]

i forgot you don't have to use 1000 folders, I've had it with 3

Robert

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

confirmed, will look upstream.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

I've sent this upstream at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=560793; btw i didn't managed to reproduce this with 2.22.

[Stephen Irons (stephen-irons)]

I have a similar problem trying to select a range of files in a directory with files and subdirectories:

1. click the first file
2. shift-click another file

I expect the range of files from the first to the last to be selected. Instead the first subdirectory is expanded. I have raised a separate bug report 298564

[Stephen Irons (stephen-irons)]

Incorrect bug report, should have been lp:299121.

(Aside: what on earth is https://bugs.staging.launchpad.net? How does it relate to the normal bugs.launchpad.net? How did I accidentally get onto staging? Grrr, all that time wasted, raising a bug report in staging, adding comments, etc, and it is all a waste of time.)

[Stephen Irons (stephen-irons)]

Added to bug report 299121:

And even more clicking around shows that the little triangular expander stays black as long as the mouse is still. As soon as the mouse moves, the little triangular expander turns white again when you move the mouse. To see this:

1. click on a file
2. move the mouse to a different file -- lift it off the surface so that it cannot move
3. press and hold shift

--> the little triangular expander on the first subdirectory turns black -- I do not know what it should do

4a. without moving the mouse, click the mouse button

--> the first subdirectory expands -- it should not happen: Nautilus should select the range of files.

Repeat steps 1--3, then

4b. move the mouse slightly

--> the little tirangular expander turns white

5. click on a file while shift has been held down the whole time

--> the range is selected.

[DLCBurggraaff (burdi)]

Tested on Jaunty alpha 3: the symptom is still there.

[DLCBurggraaff (burdi)]

Tested on Jaunty alpha 5: the symptom is still there.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue is a gtk one see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555109

[John Dickinson (dickinsonjl-googlemail)]

This behaviour still present in Official Jaunty Release (Nautilus 2.26.2)
1:2.26.2-0ubuntu2

You can avoid the folder expanding, by clicking away from the folder list window.

[DLCBurggraaff (burdi)]

@John Dickinson:
Clicking away from the folder list window (frame, I would say) indeed is the workaround - clicking on e.g. the side pane, the title bar or the like and then double clicking on the directory in the folder list frame opens the correct folder.

The sheer annoyance now is a mere nuisance :))

[andre (schroedinger)]

Clicking Esc does it, too, which is more convenient for me.

DLCBurggraaff wrote:
> @John Dickinson:
> Clicking away from the folder list window (frame, I would say) indeed is the workaround - clicking on e.g. the side pane, the title bar or the like and then double clicking on the directory in the folder list frame opens the correct folder.
>
> The sheer annoyance now is a mere nuisance :))
>
>

[klaco (klacinski)]

Clicking enter does it, too. It's the best option for me. :-)

andre wrote:
> Clicking Esc does it, too, which is more convenient for me.
>
>
> DLCBurggraaff wrote:
>
>> @John Dickinson:
>> Clicking away from the folder list window (frame, I would say) indeed is the workaround - clicking on e.g. the side pane, the title bar or the like and then double clicking on the directory in the folder list frame opens the correct folder.
>>
>> The sheer annoyance now is a mere nuisance :))
>>
>>
>>
>
>

[nh2 (nh2)]

Until a fix is released, some might also prefer TAB, especially those who like bash completion.

[andre (schroedinger)]

Well, in the end it also depends on whether you want to directly enter
the selected folder or whether you want to stay in the current one.

Stay:
- TAB
- ESC

Enter folder:
- <Enter>

nh2 wrote:
> Until a fix is released, some might also prefer TAB, especially those
> who like bash completion.
>
>

[nh2 (nh2)]

Please, can anyone clarify if this bug is a duplicate of Bug 49567?
If so, we'll have to add gtk+ 2.0 to #49567 as we did in this bug.

[DLCBurggraaff (burdi)]

The initial bug report in #49567 (the activity up to and including 2008) is different from #295408. It looks to me that that bug is resolved - I do not see the behavior in 9.04.
The second bug report in #49567 (the activity from 2009) is a duplicate of #295408.

[Lightbreeze (nedhoy-gmail)]

I am getting this in 9.04 - not that I have ever noticed it before.
select an item > type until selection changes > click in the list somewhere and the first folder expands.

[Martin Emrich (emme)]

I still see this in current karmic. +1 for 100papercuts from me :)

[Max Lemieux (max-lemieux)]

I have noticed this behavior for the past several weeks in 9.04. This bug is very disruptive when simply trying to organize files by dragging them between hierarchical folder layouts in two Nautilus windows.

[raztapopuloz (raztapopuloz)]

i've got the same phenomenon (described in object) in ubuntu 9.04 too. Courage !

[LostinSpacetime (lostinspacetime)]

one annoying papercut this is :)

[Michał Borsuk (michal-borsuk)]

Bug still exists in Ubuntu 9.04/Nautilus 2.26.2

I have discovered the same bug in a different manner (i.e. this is one bug, but it annoys more users).

My way:

* pen a folder with lots of subfolders
* switch to list view CTRL+2
* type something to locate the required folder (<<<< here's the bug, read below)
* click the preview triangle, or press enter, or double click: wrong folder opens.

 ********* Temporary solution: *********
* click the folder before previewing/opening

****** Detailed description of the bug: *********

when letters are typed to locate a folder, Nautilus fails to select that folder. Instead, it selects the one which is the last before first visible, i.e. if the first visible folder at the top is "February", Nautilus will open "January".

[Psy[H[] (vovik-wfa)]

This bug is somewhat different in Karmic:
while searchbox is visible and some second after it disappears, clicks have no effect, right or wrong, at all.

[nh2 (nh2)]

Can confirm it works this way in Karmic. Still not what I'd expect to happen, but much better than expanding the wrong element.

[Sense Egbert Hofstede (sense)]

I cannot confirm this in Nautilus 2.29 on Ubuntu 10.04 'Lucid Lynx'. I suppose it's already fixed in the latest releases of Nautilus.

[Sense Egbert Hofstede (sense)]

Thank you for bringing this bug to our attention. However, a paper cut should be a small usability issue , in the default Ubuntu 9.10 install , that affects many people and is quick and easy to fix. So this bug can't be addressed as part of the project.

This issue is not a usability issue, it is a functionality defect. Furthermore it's most likely not fixable with a small patch.
For further info about papercuts criteria , pls read > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PaperCut

Don't worry though, This bug has been marked as "invalid" ONLY in the papercuts project.

[LostinSpacetime (lostinspacetime)]

Bug is already fixed in 9.10.

[Sense Egbert Hofstede (sense)]

Based on the last comment and on my own experience I'm marking this bug as Fix Released. Feel free to reopen this bug when you are able to reproduce it.

However, please keep in mind that Ubuntu 9.04 and earlier release might not have received this fix since they use older releases of Nautilus.