I experienced that issue on several Ubuntu 12.04 installations with the rename option. It is greyed out but still clickable
upstream closed that issue but with no fix for gtk 3.4 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672046 guys, this is very very basic functionallity ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #672046 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672046 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/988251 Title: Nautilus cut, copy, paste, move and rename options are greyed out and stop working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/988251/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs