Typeahead functionality involving mouse scroll is broken

Bug #894591 reported by lediableboiteux
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nautilus (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10

nautilus:
  Installed: 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu3.1
  Candidate: 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu3.1

Expected behaviour:
- Open the directory that contains files with names starting with a similar character/string in nautilus. Example: abc, file1, file2, file3, xyz.
- To select “file3” using typeahead you can either type explicit, unequivocal string (“file3” in this case, as the digit distinguishes file in this directory) or type common part and USE SCROLL TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE RESULTS (in this case, e.g. “f”, which makes you able to scroll from “file1” to “file3”; “abc” and “xyz” are excluded as they don’t match) -- each scroll down selects next available item, each scroll up selects every previous item; I do not know how to say it more clearly.

Actual behaviour:
- Open the directory that contains files with names starting with a similar character/string in nautilus. Example: abc, file1, file2, file3, xyz.
- Type in “f”.
- Scrolling through the results doesn’t work UNLESS you place mouse pointer over the typeahead box. This is not very useful as this box is small and located in a corner.

I remember the abovementioned expected behaviour to be an actual behaviour of 9.10 and classic GNOME, from which I turned to oneiric few weeks ago.

description: updated
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report, can't confirm that there on Oneiric though, it works as it should

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Ads20000 (ads20000)
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Ads20000 (ads20000) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once:
apport-collect 894591

and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

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Ads20000 (ads20000) wrote :

Further to the above response - I think typeahead search was removed from Files in Ubuntu at some point, so I can't even try to reproduce this bug in 17.10, though maybe someone can test for it in 16.04?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for nautilus (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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