Cursor becomes 'busy' in Nautilus when changing to parent directory while renaming a file

[Ebenezer Arulrose]

Binary package hint: nautilus

Release: Ubuntu 8.04.2
Package: Nautilus

$ apt-cache policy nautilus
nautilus:
  Installed: 1:2.22.5.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:2.22.5.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:2.22.5.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:2.22.2-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

While renaming a file in the current directory (eg. right click on file -> Rename), the current file name is highlighted for renaming. Now WHILE the current file name is still highlighted, if I click the 'UP ARROW' to move to the parent directory, nautilus does so, BUT my mouse cursor changes to indicate that it is busy (the round cursor with the revolving dot).

I was expecting that the cursor would just remain the same, and the file rename operation to be just canceled.

I do not lose control of nautilus, I can still click and move to other directories etc. and the cursor is restored to normal, but it is just when I'm in the parent directory, the cursor changes.

This is not a big serious bug, just a little one that I thought I should report.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat May 30 14:56:05 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nautilus 1:2.22.5.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-24-generic x86_64

[RedSocrates (redsocrates)]

Thanks for reporting this bug. I can confirm that it also exists in Jaunty with Nautilus 2.26.2. Steps to reproduce are basically as you described: go into a directory in Nautilus, right-click on a file and select "Rename...", and then (without doing anything else) click "Up" to enter the file's parent directory. The mouse pointer changes to a "busy" pointer and remains that way (so long as the pointer is positioned over the Nautilus window) apparently until one navigates to a different folder or closes Nautilus.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one, it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

[RedSocrates (redsocrates)]

As requested, I've reported the bug upstream and linked to it.

[Felix Möller (felix-derklecks)]

I cannot reproduce this bug with current Oneiric.
For moving upwards I used ALT-ArrowUp and in addition I tried clicking the Back icon. Both actions are sucessfull.

ii nautilus 1:3.1.90-0ubuntu3