** Description changed: I believe this is actually a regression in the Nautilus UI, or there is a non-intuitive preference I can not seem to locate. At one point in earlier Nautilus versions (not sure when, maybe 11.04 or earlier) there was always an "Up Arrow" icon that allowed you to navigate up the directory tree to the parent directory. I can't seem to get this icon back in preferences, and it makes it quite difficult to navigate above the current directory. I have "Places" in my sidebar, where common directory locations I use can be found, along wit the standard Desktop, Mount Points, etc. The typical use case is that I start in one of these "Places" and decide I want to go somewhere else in my home directory. If that other location is also not a "Place" then I have to manually punch in a location above the directory I want (if I can't remember it's exact location to tab-complete in the location bar) and navigate down to it. There is no way to use the mouse to move up to the parent directory of a subfolder when you have navigated directly to that subfolder using the Places sidebar. It is a minor inconvenience, but one I find myself questioning quite frequently. Finally I exhausted all the preferences and menus looking for how to turn this back on. To my surprise, there didn't seem to be an option. As a more detailed use case, today I had two tabs open in Nautilus, and was executing a "Dropbox Cleanup" where I move stuff out of my over- used-cluttered dropbox folder into more permanent and organized locations. This is one of my few GUI file manager activities, as I find myself using command line with tab completion and wildcards when I am - doing most file operations. In the Nautilus UI, noot being able to move + doing most file operations. In the Nautilus UI, not being able to move around the directory structure and execute cut/copy/paste operations entirely with my mouse seems counter-intuitive to the design goals of a graphical file manager. Of course I can switch to the "tree" sidebar that does give access to the whole directory tree with a mouse, but I prefer the "Places" sidebar, which I believe is the default interface. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.4.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Apr 11 11:38:11 2012 GsettingsChanges: - org.gnome.nautilus.window-state geometry '754x800+65+221' - org.gnome.nautilus.window-state maximized true - org.gnome.nautilus.window-state sidebar-width 253 - org.gnome.nautilus.window-state start-with-status-bar true + org.gnome.nautilus.window-state geometry '754x800+65+221' + org.gnome.nautilus.window-state maximized true + org.gnome.nautilus.window-state sidebar-width 253 + org.gnome.nautilus.window-state start-with-status-bar true ProcEnviron: - TERM=xterm - PATH=(custom, no user) - LANG=en_US.utf8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + TERM=xterm + PATH=(custom, no user) + LANG=en_US.utf8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-13 (28 days ago)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/979040 Title: File Browser Navigation missing Parent Directory icon Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I believe this is actually a regression in the Nautilus UI, or there is a non-intuitive preference I can not seem to locate. At one point in earlier Nautilus versions (not sure when, maybe 11.04 or earlier) there was always an "Up Arrow" icon that allowed you to navigate up the directory tree to the parent directory. I can't seem to get this icon back in preferences, and it makes it quite difficult to navigate above the current directory. I have "Places" in my sidebar, where common directory locations I use can be found, along wit the standard Desktop, Mount Points, etc. The typical use case is that I start in one of these "Places" and decide I want to go somewhere else in my home directory. If that other location is also not a "Place" then I have to manually punch in a location above the directory I want (if I can't remember it's exact location to tab-complete in the location bar) and navigate down to it. There is no way to use the mouse to move up to the parent directory of a subfolder when you have navigated directly to that subfolder using the Places sidebar. It is a minor inconvenience, but one I find myself questioning quite frequently. Finally I exhausted all the preferences and menus looking for how to turn this back on. To my surprise, there didn't seem to be an option. As a more detailed use case, today I had two tabs open in Nautilus, and was executing a "Dropbox Cleanup" where I move stuff out of my over-used-cluttered dropbox folder into more permanent and organized locations. This is one of my few GUI file manager activities, as I find myself using command line with tab completion and wildcards when I am doing most file operations. In the Nautilus UI, not being able to move around the directory structure and execute cut/copy/paste operations entirely with my mouse seems counter-intuitive to the design goals of a graphical file manager. Of course I can switch to the "tree" sidebar that does give access to the whole directory tree with a mouse, but I prefer the "Places" sidebar, which I believe is the default interface. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.4.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Apr 11 11:38:11 2012 GsettingsChanges: org.gnome.nautilus.window-state geometry '754x800+65+221' org.gnome.nautilus.window-state maximized true org.gnome.nautilus.window-state sidebar-width 253 org.gnome.nautilus.window-state start-with-status-bar true ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-13 (28 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/979040/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
