You can read http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324991 upstream on the topic. It seems to be a design decision and not a bug. Extracting one file or directory to a subdirectory would make no sense, extracting 100 files to the current directory can be confusing, the logic seems to be appropriate. Maybe you could argue upstream if you disagree with that?
** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged => Wishlist Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- "Extract Here" context command in nautilus extracts archive in <archivename>_FILES directory rather than current directory https://launchpad.net/bugs/52473 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs