There isn't enough information here to verify that there is a bug here. Documents uses Tracker to find documents. Open "Search and Indexing Preferences" and make sure that the folder you are interested in has been added to "Locations".
** Changed in: gnome-documents (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/992152 Title: Gnome Documents does not search for files outside the folder "Documents" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-documents/+bug/992152/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs