What version of nautilus are you using? That was a bug before 1:3.26.3-0ubuntu2, but it was fixed in that revision
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- 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/1767027 Title: Search current folder only in nautilus 3.26.3 doesn't work (Ubuntu 18.04) Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04 prerelease from Ubuntu 17.10 and am finding that Nautilus searches all subfolders when I start typing, not just the present folder, even though I have the "search only current folder" option selected in its preferences, and "Only searching the current folder" does appear in the GUI as I am searching. Nonetheless results appear from subfolders (which I wouldn't mind, but which I turn off due to its poor performance compared to current-folder-only). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1767027/+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