Alright, I have attached the patch(the diff linked from my attached branch above) at the GNOME bug report.
-- 'Open Folder' in Search for Files is a misleading option for folders and opens the parent directory https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396966 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-utils in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs