I can confirm this on an up-to-date version of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Many thanks to the reporter for his extensive description of the bug. I'm reporting this bug upstream. Because it's a usability problem I'm changing the status from Wishlist to Low.
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Wishlist => Low ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Triaged ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #608369 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=608369 ** Changed in: nautilus Importance: Undecided => Unknown ** Changed in: nautilus Status: New => Unknown ** Changed in: nautilus Remote watch: None => GNOME Bug Tracker #608369 -- Nautilus "search when typing" behaviour is inconsistent https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404779 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs