Public bug reported:

I think this changed when I upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.10.

When searching by typing, which only searches in the current directory,
hidden files are now selected. This would maybe be fine except that
there's no feedback that a hidden file has been selected. Normally, if a
file exists it's selected and nautilus will scroll to its location. If
it's hidden, it seems like it doesn't scroll to its location.

So if you want a file that does exist, but there's also a hidden file
that begins the same way, there's no feedback that any file named what
you want exists in that folder.

As a practical example, gedit automatically saves the previous version
of a file to "<name~" when one is saved, which is a hidden file. When
sorted by modification date, that older file will come first, and
automatically typing will not indicate that the desired, non-hidden file
exists, although it can still be selected by scrolling after typing.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu15.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-30.40-generic 3.16.7-ckt3
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-30-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Apr 14 03:29:12 2015
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-visible-columns' b"['name', 'size', 
'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'type']"
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 
'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'type', 'group', 'where', 'mime_type', 
'owner', 'permissions']"
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug utopic

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Title:
  Find from typing selects hidden files

Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I think this changed when I upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.10.

  When searching by typing, which only searches in the current
  directory, hidden files are now selected. This would maybe be fine
  except that there's no feedback that a hidden file has been selected.
  Normally, if a file exists it's selected and nautilus will scroll to
  its location. If it's hidden, it seems like it doesn't scroll to its
  location.

  So if you want a file that does exist, but there's also a hidden file
  that begins the same way, there's no feedback that any file named what
  you want exists in that folder.

  As a practical example, gedit automatically saves the previous version
  of a file to "<name~" when one is saved, which is a hidden file. When
  sorted by modification date, that older file will come first, and
  automatically typing will not indicate that the desired, non-hidden
  file exists, although it can still be selected by scrolling after
  typing.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: nautilus 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu15.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-30.40-generic 3.16.7-ckt3
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-30-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Apr 14 03:29:12 2015
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-visible-columns' b"['name', 
'size', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'type']"
   b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 
'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'type', 'group', 'where', 'mime_type', 
'owner', 'permissions']"
  SourcePackage: nautilus
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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