The tooltip jumps to the opposite side of the window away from the cursor which at least allows for selection of the bottom file. However, seems unnecessary and needs to be configurable, on or off.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/958919 Title: Nautilus "File Properties" Bubble Interferes with Visibility of File Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The attachment says it all. If the file as at the bottom of the list, the "File Properties" bubble is like a bad hat in a movie theater. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: unity 5.6.0-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,resize,mousepoll,move,obs,place,regex,imgpng,gnomecompat,grid,session,unitymtgrabhandles,vpswitch,animation,wall,workarounds,expo,ezoom,fade,scale,unityshell] Date: Sun Mar 18 20:19:32 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/958919/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

