I confirm this problem is still with us in 14.04. Just to clarify, the problem occurs not just when the combined length of data in all columns is as wide as the frame of teh nautilus. I see it when some columns have space beyond the data they hold and still can not resize the columns. So we have two cases. 1. When the data of all columns is narrow enough. You do not care that you can not resize the columns. However in this case it is not huge problem because you can see all the data. 2. When the data of all columns is so long that it does not fit. Example is when you search for data and the path is long and so as pointed out by Mario so eloquently you see: instead file name and path you get: fi..... /home/smith/class2014/this/that............ fi..... /home/smith/class2013/blah/................. fi..... /home/smith/class2012/so/and............ and this is the situation when it hurts a lot. thank you for listening
-- 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/1243806 Title: The names column has its width dictated by other columns Status in Nautilus: Confirmed Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nautilus” source package in Trusty: Triaged Bug description: Folder names in Location area keeps the width even though when I go back to upper folder. First of all this new downgraded nautilus folder section holds its width and I cannot even change the width at all. Then when I go deep down lower folders or open folder with long name, it would squeeze down the "Name" part and I cannot even see names anymore. Then when I go up to upper folder or root, I cannot see the names anymore becaue location column takes up all the space. Once I click one of the unseen folder, I may see the names again. This is one of too many problems of 13.10. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1243806/+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
