Comment 12 for bug 988251

Same type of issue. Copy/paste/cut and rename become randomly grayed out. Usually this happens when I first open the file manager and then begin to open a few other folders as separate tabs. I have also noticed this issue randomly happening when having several tabs (just mentioning this because I usually have several open; i am not sure if this a cause of the issue) for a long period of time (hours, days maybe). The only way I notice is when I go to copy, paste, cut, or rename file(s) or folder(s). I've noticed this bug for several releases of Ubuntu now. At least 11.10, probably 11.04 (can't exactly remember) and possibly further back. I usually just have to close and reopen the file manager to "fix" the problem. Usually dragging files still works as far as I have noticed.