Nautilus erases path input when a directory loads

[Corey Matthew]

Binary package hint: nautilus

When loading a directory mounted remotely (sshfs) or with a lot of content, Nautilus will erase what has been typed into the path input when the directory finishes loading. It will replace what has been typed with the directory path. Expected behavior is to keep the text has been modified.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

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

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[Corey Matthew (fi-xeer)]

This issue is able to be reproduced in current and past versions of Ubuntu.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Mount remote file system with sshfs.
2. Navigate to a directory on the remote file system with nautilus
3. While the directory is retrieving the contents, modify the path text
4. When the contents finish, the text you have typed in is discarded and replaced with the text that was there before you started typing.

This is very frustrating when you open a new tab (makes a copy of the current window) and attempt to alter the path before the contents have loaded. If you are not a fast typer or press enter soon enough it will erase what you have tried to put in.

Is there any way nautilus might include CTRL + D to send focus the path input?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The issue seems 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)

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for your bug report. This 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=590289