Public bug reported:
In Nautilus, I can click "Ctrl+L" to open the address bar. At this
point, the whole address will be selected, which is desirable. However,
if I then press "Right" to place my cursor at the end of the current
path, and then try to use "Shift+Ctrl+Left" to select word-by-word
(e.g., to select and delete the final folder from the path), the whole
path is again selected. It seems that the logic for preselecting the
whole path upon opening the address bar seems to trigger in more
circumstances than just upon opening, and this makes using Nautilus via
keyboard slower and more frictive than necessary. (In general, text
entry widgets that override the operating system's existing conventions
always really annoy me, on desktop or mobile.)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.26.4-0~ubuntu18.04.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-76.86-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-76-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.11
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Feb 21 15:44:24 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-17 (431 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
ProcEnviron:
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_nautilus: dropbox 2018.11.28
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1864244
Title:
Text selection in address bar does not work as expected
Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
In Nautilus, I can click "Ctrl+L" to open the address bar. At this
point, the whole address will be selected, which is desirable.
However, if I then press "Right" to place my cursor at the end of the
current path, and then try to use "Shift+Ctrl+Left" to select word-by-
word (e.g., to select and delete the final folder from the path), the
whole path is again selected. It seems that the logic for preselecting
the whole path upon opening the address bar seems to trigger in more
circumstances than just upon opening, and this makes using Nautilus
via keyboard slower and more frictive than necessary. (In general,
text entry widgets that override the operating system's existing
conventions always really annoy me, on desktop or mobile.)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.26.4-0~ubuntu18.04.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-76.86-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-76-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.11
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Feb 21 15:44:24 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-17 (431 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
(20180725)
ProcEnviron:
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_nautilus: dropbox 2018.11.28
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