In my case, the search-as-you-type feature is complete unresponsive. The search field is never shown and no file or folder is selected.
This is a _really_ frustrating bug. Typing to open folders is as natural to me (and probably many others) as tab-completion. It's easy to forget it's broken, so I'm constantly interrupted by having to grab my mouse and act like my elderly neighbour. -- 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/884597 Title: search as you type not working properly Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Open a browser window, for example your home directory. Make sure the files area has focus. Type 'doc' to select the Documents folder; Documents is highlighted. Pres Enter to open the Documents folder; the contents of your documents' folder are shown. Type the name of another file of older you can see to select it. You'll notice that: - the previous search is shown and whatever you type is appended to it. - the backspace key does not delete characters in the search as you type textbox, it moves to the upper folder instead. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Oct 31 23:50:24 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=es_PE:es PATH=(custom, user) LANG=es_PE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-26 (5 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/884597/+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