Thank you for your bug report, it seems to work correctly in the current Ubuntu serie. Could you try if that's still an issue for you?
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New => 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/1864244 Title: Text selection in address bar does not work as expected Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Incomplete 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1864244/+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