launcher don't allow to select directory

[anonbeat]

When creating a launcher from Nautilus to a place you cant select the destination directory. You can press the 'Open' button but if a directory is selected the directory is showed instead of selected. You must type manually the complete directory path instead. Looks like its expecting a file and not a directory.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. What Ubuntu version do you use? Could you describe easy steps to trigger the bug?

[anonbeat (anonbeat)]

Hello,
  I have seen this bug in all versions I used. Im using now 8.04 but was the
same with 7.10 and 6.06

To trigger it do
Press in desktop with right click
select 'Create Launcher'
as Launcher type select 'Place'
type any name
as Place press 'Browse' button
try to select any directory
it will open up and there is no way to select it
that is

Greets

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Thank you for your bug report. What Ubuntu version do you use? Could you
> describe easy steps to trigger the bug?
>
> ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
> Status: Incomplete => New
>
> ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) => (unassigned)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Nautilus Launcher cration to Place dont allow to select directory
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222811
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> of the bug.
>

[A. Walton (awalton)]

gnome-desktop-item-edit isn't catching directories in the case of "Link", like it should be (or barring that, having something like "Directory" instead of "Link"). Moving the bug to gnome-panel (don't ask me why this util is there! completely unintuitive...)

[Dan Vashchilenko (dan-vashchilenko)]

Still unfixed in Ubuntu 11.04. It's very annoying, I believe the bus should be rated higher than 'low'.

A little workaround:
Instead of 'Location' select 'Application' with command like "gnome-open /path/to/your/directory" that is annoying. I also miss 'Create Launcher' option in the context menu.