that has been fixed with nautilus 2.17.1, from the upstream notes about the new version: "* Freeze icon view while renaming"
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- renaming file losing focus while video thumbnails appear https://launchpad.net/bugs/51837 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs