directory refresh resets the list view settings

[Paolo Benvenuto]

Binary package hint: nautilus

jaunty RC

In Nautilus, if you unfold some directory, and afterwards you press ctl-h to show hidden files, the unfolded directory are closed.

The same thing happens if you have hidden files visible and unfold a dir, and then press ctl-h: the unfolded directory are closed.

The user expects that in such a case the unfolded folders are kept unfolded

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

* Is this reproducible?
* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[Paolo Benvenuto (donpaolo)]

Yes, it's reproducible: It's present in my guest session too.

Steps:

- open nautilus
- ctl-2 to put in in list view
- unfold a folder that has files inside, using the triangle at the left of the file name: you will see the files in that folder (let's suppose it's the folder Desktop)
- ctl-h to show hidden files => folder Desktop is shrinked, (folded) BUG the user expects that Desktop remains unfolded

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The change happens for any refresh of the directory. The bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586859

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

upstream dropped the treeview mode in 3.5 which deprecated that bug, closing