Public bug reported: OS: Ubuntu 12.04 amd64, Ubuntu 12.10 amd64, up-to-date Nautilus on each.
Reproduce: Open directory with lots of subdirs (e.g. 'A...', ... , ''TRD001', 'TRD002', 'TRD003', ...), type first letter of target (e.g. 'T') to jump in that region, then select it ('TRD003') with the mouse (single-click open) because that's faster than typing it out or using the unintuitive up/down arrows (left/right are reserved in this context), especially if you have either a trackpoint or one hand on the mouse already. Expected: Nautilus should do the same af is it was typed out, then the Enter key was hit: enter the directory and dismiss the search box. Observed: The search box in the bottom right corner stays with the letter 'T' typed, even though we changed into the new subdirectory, making a follow-up type-ahead awkward. This has been handled correctly in the previous LTS release: using type-ahead, then clicking anywhere inside the current directory (both _empty space between icons_ and another dir/file) made the search box disappear. The current behaviour is slowing down productivity with Nautilus, and since most of the botched up Nautilus type-ahead behaviour in recent releases has been corrected by now, I hope this one will get it's fix too. Another application doing this correctly and intuitively is Firefox with find-as-you-type turned on. ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1088188 Title: Nautilus type-ahead plus mouse To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1088188/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs