Public bug reported:
After locating a file using Nautilus's search feature, I'm always
wanting to know this question:
Where is this file that Nautilus has found for me?
When searching for a file, I'm not just trying to find that file, I'm
also trying to discover the path that the file is located at (for future
reference). I may decide to move that file to another location, if it is
not where I want it to be.
The fact that I've had to do a search for this file, gives great
likelihood to the fact that (in addition to finding the file) I'm
wanting to also know WHERE it is. Many file manager's search results,
alone, do not answer this relevant question.
You may say, why don't you just click "Properties", from the context
menu. The problem with this approach, is that, although the dialog
attempts to indicate the file's location, instead, it only shows the
first portion of the path-location, cropping off the right portion of
the path in a manner where the entire path cannot be seen.
The best approach I've seen for this, in other applications, is to add
"Show in Folder" to the search-result's context-menu, which opens the
folder that contains the file and add focus to that file within its
folder.
With this one step, now the user has achieved multiple objectives:
1) He now knows where the file is, in the context of his file system
2) He is in a perfect position to decide if he wants to move this file
elsewhere.
There may not be an immediate demand for this feature, but once
implemented, I sure that it will become appreciated, relied upon, and
expected for future generations. I hope to one day see it as a standard
option in all file search utilities.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.8.2-0ubuntu11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-5.20-generic 3.13.0
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-5-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Jan 24 11:25:42 2014
GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order'
b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions',
'mime_type', 'where']"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-07 (109 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-01-08 (15 days ago)
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty
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Add "show in folder" to context menu of file found by Search
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