All together, something like this should work: 1) bzr branch lp:~daniel-wyatt/nautilus/fix-bug1164016 2) sudo apt-get build-dep nautilus 3) cd fix-bug1164016; dpkg-buildpackage -uc -b 4) sudo dpkg --install ../*.deb (use caution here of course) 5) nautilus -q 6) gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences enable-interactive-search true 7) nautilus&
After that you should be able to use type-ahead on the desktop and in nautilus windows/tabs. -- 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/1164016 Title: restore type-ahead find Status in Nautilus: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: GNOME removed type-ahead find in Nautilus 3.6, not without controversy: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/nautilus- list/2012-August/msg00002.html Now when you type in a Nautilus window, Nautilus immediately performs a search in the current directory and all its subdirectories. I personally find this annoying. If I want to search, I'll click the search icon. Often I'm looking at a long directory listing and simply want to jump to a certain point in it, and type-ahead find works great for that. Would Ubuntu consider patching type-ahead find back in? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1164016/+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
