Nautilus quick search not working

[Gyula Pataki]

After a few key presses the text input on the bottom disappears, and the quick search is not working anymore. Works well in any other applications I use.

(Oneiric beta 2 with latest upgrades.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.1.92-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Sep 24 18:31:12 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-09 (15 days ago)

[Gyula Pataki (mrfox)]

Problem persists in version 3.2.0-0ubuntu1

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

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?
* What view mode do you use?

This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[Gyula Pataki (mrfox)]

Thanks for your reply!

1-2.) Happens on a live cd too, just open a folder with more than a few files. (Just found out that sometimes the problem doesn't come right up with folders containing only a few items.)
3.) Bugged in every view mode, but only the file list. The sidebar works fine.

I'm using unity, but I also checked in gnome shell and gnome classic with no effects.

Tried on my notebook, on my PC and I also checked it in a virtual machine few minutes ago.

Hope this could help catching the bug

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Jancis (beaver-inbox)]

is this related? - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/scim/+bug/66104

[Gyula Pataki (mrfox)]

@Jancis
I can't confirm that. Oneiric does not include the scim package by default, installing it completely disables quick find in every applications.

The reported issue only affects nautilus, everything else is working as intended.

[ArashRouhani (tarrasch)]

I've noted an interesting behavior of this bug.

As reported the quick search box disappears immediately after typing 1-2 characters. However, it will start functioning properly when opening a new nautilus window (with Ctrl+N), but it doesn't start to work when opening a new tab.

[vanadium (ftack)]

An update today fixed the disappearance of the text box, yet tere is another issue. Steps to reproduce:

- Clik "file system" to browse from /
- navigate to usr/share/applications

usr<enter>share<enter>appli

Upon <enter>, the text search remains open, still containing the text usr. It is not possible to continue typing to select "share", as nautilus is looking for "usrshare".

Pressing <esc> makes the textbox disappear, but does not clear it: when typing, it reappears, still containing the text "usr".

Help - About gives me "Nautilus 3.2.1"

[Gyula Pataki (mrfox)]

Fixed with: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/879456