Ubuntu
nautilus package

Pressing right on the last item of a line doesn't take you to the next line

Bug #876214 reported by Satchit Bhogle on 2011-10-17

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #855862: "right" key doesn't select file in next row. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nautilus (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

OS: Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric stable
Application: Nautilus 3.2.0

One expects to be able to navigate through the icon view of Nautilus by pressing right from the first item to the last. However, when you reach the last item on a line, and press right, the first item on the next line does not get selected.

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2011-10-17

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-11-28:

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

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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lyngeled (lyngeled) wrote on 2011-11-28:

The problem is about when you move to the end(left/right/top/bottom) of the window with the arrow keys. When moving right at the right side in icon view it used jump to the next row, now it don't. And in Compact view it worked similarly but in columns.

But I don't think it's a real bug but something that is changed. But it was better before. It was easier/faster to navigate, now it is similar to Windows filemanager. I think you are going to miss this function very much when you got used to it. It meant that you could keep pressing a arrow key and move through all the files, very intuitive.