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Search in Nautilus Files does not allow sorting of results

Bug #1698351 reported by Daniel Harvey
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Nautilus
Fix Released
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nautilus (Ubuntu)
Triaged
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Bug Description

The version of nautilus/Files included with Ubuntu 17.04 no longer allows sorting of search results.

Previously, sort was achieved by clicking on the column header titles.

This no longer works.

It represents a significant regression in the search feature.

Thanks.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

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

After upgrading to nautilus 1:3.20.3-1ubuntu2~ubuntu16.04.1 with ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging found that can't sort search results either in icon or list view.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Indeed, that seems to be a known issue upstream
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778484

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Daniel Harvey (daniel.harvey) wrote :

Thanks for the update. I've added my comments upstream as well.

Commentary: Unfortunately, I've stopped using Nautilus because of this issue - I found that I used search sorted by modified date so frequently that Nautilus without it became impractical.

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Changed in nautilus:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
status: Unknown → Invalid
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Changed in nautilus:
status: Invalid → Confirmed
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Richard Wales (rickywales) wrote :

Is this getting fixed?
I just upgraded (or downgraded so it seems) to 18.04 from 16.04 and my most used feature is now not working.
Would nemo work better for this?
I specifically want to Sort Search Results in Nautilus.
Cheers.

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
tags: added: bionic cosmic zesty
removed: 17.04
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Damiön la Bagh (kat-amsterdam) wrote :

Example of search query that Nautilus refuses to sort.

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George Ross (george16) wrote :

Is this going to be fixed in the near future or time to look for another file browser?

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Valentin Wittich (vwittich) wrote :

Any update on that? This should not be a bug in LTS!

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Valentin Wittich (vwittich) wrote :

I added an new issue on github https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/888 but it seems that there is no intenstion so solve that behavior.

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Changed in nautilus:
status: Confirmed → Expired
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CDSRV TechSupport (cdsrv) wrote :

fix is required

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Confirmed
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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OzzyFrank (ubuntu-ozzyfrank) wrote :

Yep, this needs fixing. I upgraded from 16.04 to 20.04 LTS and while there have been some great improvements, what's changed in, and been removed from, Nautilus has been a huge disappointment. Search results are displayed in some crazed, random manner, and cannot be tailored, so when there are a lot of results, it's basically unusable. Because I use search so often, and in folders with lots of files, looks like I Have no choice but to use Nemo until this is resolved.

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in nautilus:
importance: Wishlist → Unknown
status: Expired → Unknown
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Changed in nautilus:
status: Unknown → New
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Q Harris (q-ball) wrote :

Has this been fixed in the latest ubuntu 22.04 lts?

If it has been fixed I cant find confirmation of it, the search for answers has been frustrating.

Thanks to rickywales who mentioned "nemo" in his post on 2018-06-24, which I've installed and seem to have the search sort function I deserve, NAY, we all deserve!

I try to resist posting anything on these sort of sites, so apologies for any issues I cause by doing so.

I mainly wanted to thank rickywales.

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Changed in nautilus:
status: New → Fix Released
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