Public bug reported:

I have several folders with as many as 5000 files. When I open one of
these folders and then scroll down to the file I wish to work on (for
this purpose rename) I left click on the file and nautilus jumps up to
the top and selects a random file near to top of the column the original
file was in. When I scroll down to the original file, it is outlined. If
I try right clicking on the outlined file it jumps back up to the
randomly select file and displays the menu of actions I wish,
unfortunately on the randomly selected file not the original file I
tried to select. after playing with the speed of clicking and double
clicking I was able to get the needed file selected but when I right
clicked to bring up the action menu it jumped back up towards the top of
that column and selected another file. No matter what I try I can't
rename the file I want to if it is down several scrolls below the
original screen when nautilus is invoked.

After playing around with this the behavior explained above happens on
smaller folders as well.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-48.52-generic 5.4.60
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Oct  9 11:30:20 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-01 (1622 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-10-09 (0 days ago)
usr_lib_nautilus:

** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal

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Title:
  erratic behavior when trying to select files in large folders

Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have several folders with as many as 5000 files. When I open one of
  these folders and then scroll down to the file I wish to work on (for
  this purpose rename) I left click on the file and nautilus jumps up to
  the top and selects a random file near to top of the column the
  original file was in. When I scroll down to the original file, it is
  outlined. If I try right clicking on the outlined file it jumps back
  up to the randomly select file and displays the menu of actions I
  wish, unfortunately on the randomly selected file not the original
  file I tried to select. after playing with the speed of clicking and
  double clicking I was able to get the needed file selected but when I
  right clicked to bring up the action menu it jumped back up towards
  the top of that column and selected another file. No matter what I try
  I can't rename the file I want to if it is down several scrolls below
  the original screen when nautilus is invoked.

  After playing around with this the behavior explained above happens on
  smaller folders as well.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: nautilus 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-48.52-generic 5.4.60
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Oct  9 11:30:20 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-01 (1622 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 
(20160420.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: nautilus
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-10-09 (0 days ago)
  usr_lib_nautilus:

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