when in ubuntu 11.10 beta I opened nautilus clicked in the main window and typed the first letters of folder 1 name until it highlighted it, then pressed "enter" which opened the folder, but inside folder 2 I cannot keep typing to search for the next folder name. It seems to inhibit typing, until I click anywhere in the main window again, then type folder 2, press enter, then I cannot type anything to search for folder 3 and so on.
In ubuntu 11.04 I open nautilus and just begin to type because I know the specific folder names I going to - for example: Open nautilus, type k-e-, and highlights "Kevin", press enter, It opens Kevin folder. Then type b-i-l- and it hightlights "bills" folder, press enter and it opens. This is not happening in nautilus 3 of ubuntu 11.10 beta.
I am also running into this issue.
I'm on 11.10 (full release, not beta)
Repro steps
1. Launch nautilus
2. Key in the first few letters of a file or directory, until the file / directory is highlighted
3. Press enter
4. At this point, typing a lowercase character does not cause Nautilus to pop up the search text box.
5. If you press Escape, or type an uppcase character, the search box returns. However, the search box is not cleared.
6. At this point, the caret in the search textbox is blinking, therefore it would seem reasonable that pressing backspace would let you clear the box. Instead, Nautilus navigates backwards.t
7. The only way to clear the search box is to right click the box, and click delete.
I may try tackling this bug, since I've wanted to get into development for awhile, but any help / advice is always appreciated.