The selection should not change when using back or forward navigation
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nautilus |
Confirmed
|
Medium
|
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| One Hundred Papercuts |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| nautilus (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Low
|
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: nautilus
This is a very frustrating bug that remains in Gnome 2.24.1: Nautilus
2.24.1. I think this is a bug and not really a wishlist item.
Reproduce it:
1. Open home dir in Nautilus.
2. Select a subdirectory of home, say "my_dir".
3. Open that dir by hitting Enter or Ctrl+o.
4. Click Nautilus' "BACK" button.
5. BUG: Actual Behavior is that the selection is cleared. Expected behavior is
that the selection remain from the last time I viewed that directory.
Caveat and inconsistency:
1. Open home dir in Nautilus.
2. Select a subdirectory of home, say "my_dir".
3. Open that dir by hitting Enter or Ctrl+o.
4. Click Nautilus' "UP" button.
5. The behavior that I would expect for going BACK is is found! The
subdirectory ("my_dir") is now in the selection. In fact, would say this could
be another bug as well. I expect the "UP" action to act as if I am navigating
to a new directory, a fresh start. I do not want the directory I was in to be
selected.
Perhaps the code for BACK and UP got swapped accidentally?
Example use case: I want to examine a directory's contents before doing
something with it (copying, moving, deleting, etc.):
1. Open my home directory in Nautilus.
2. Double-click some directory, say "my_dir" to view its contents.
3. I see that it's some stuff I want to copy to a flash drive.
4. Use Nautilus' "Back" button to go back to my home directory.
5. Assuming that the "my_dir" directory remains selected, I can easily pick it
out in the long list of files without worrying if I got the right one or not.
I can even do a Edit->Copy without having to find "my_dir" again and reselect.
This bug may be related to Bug #64287 (spatial nautilus should remember selected items), but that deals with "spatial" nautilus and with closed windows.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
Package: nautilus 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64
| positivek (anonyhole) wrote | #1 |
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Invalid → Triaged |
| summary: |
- Selection not remembered when navigating back/forward in browser mode + The selection should not change when using back or forward navigation |
| Changed in nautilus: | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
| Omer Akram (om26er) wrote | #5 |
| Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| Changed in nautilus: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Wishlist |
| Changed in nautilus: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| Paul White (paulw2u) wrote | #6 |
| Changed in nautilus: | |
| importance: | Wishlist → Unknown |
| status: | Invalid → Unknown |
| Changed in nautilus: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Medium |
| status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.