Double-click does not work properly in low-level sub-directories.

[Barry Drake]

Double click works with great difficulty in very low level sub-directories. It works usually OK in ~/home/xxx/yyy, but the deeper I get, the worse is the problem, for example, in ~/Documents/urc/tls/2015-2016, I frequently have to try double-clicking two or three times - the frequency seems to vary! Double clicking on items in that directory, or in any lower level exacerbates the problem. I frequently use directory trees of seven or eight sub levels. This makes the problem really annoying.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.18.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-2.11-generic 4.3.0
Uname: Linux 4.3.0-2-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.3-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Jan 19 11:25:06 2016
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'168'
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'964x691+65+24'"
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.icon-view' b'default-zoom-level' b"'standard'"
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-visible-columns' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified']"
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'mime_type', 'where', 'date_modified_with_time']"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-12 (68 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20151111)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Barry Drake (b-drake)]

I don’t know why there is no upgrade log as stated. I last upgraded ten minutes before making this report.

[Carsten Schurig (cs42)]

I have a similar problem. I'm using a wacom intous pen&touch and double clicking using the pen doesn't work in nautilus (it works in the mouse settings test and everywhere else). Using the touch mode of the tablet works, though (using a double tab),

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your bug report, does it depend of the pointing device? can you try another one (e.g an usb mouse), does it has the same issue?