I can confirm that this appears to be fixed in Hardy Heron Alpha 4
(tested both with live CD and installed on hard disk). The launcher on
the GNOME panel correctly has spaces replaced by %20, and opens the
folder without problems.
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GNOME panel can't always launch folders with filenames
** Summary changed:
- GNOME panel doesn't correctly handle dragged folders
+ GNOME panel can't always launch folders with filenames containing spaces
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GNOME panel can't always launch folders with filenames containing spaces
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/123458
You received this bug
Still seeing this in Gutsy Gibbon, clean install. Steps to reproduce:
1. On desktop, Right-Click - Create Folder.
2. Drag untitled folder to the GNOME panel.
3. Drag the folder across the GNOME panel.
4. Click the icon.
Results:
Icon changes to a spring with a platform on top. Clicking it pops
** Attachment added: screenshot of the folder, icon in the menubar, and the
error when clicking the icon
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10191166/23-menubar-space-bug.png
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GNOME panel can't always launch folders with filenames containing spaces
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/123458
You
Only with spaces. I created several new folders to test:
untitled folder - shows up as X when dragged to panel
untitled folder1 - shows up as X when dragged to panel
untitled - shows up correctly as folder
untitled1 - shows up correctly as folder
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GNOME panel doesn't correctly handle dragged
You have been subscribed to a public bug:
Steps to reproduce:
Drag a folder on the desktop into the GNOME panel at the top of the
screen (analogous to the Windows taskbar).
Cursor changes to a squared +, indicating that the item can be copied.
Release cursor. A new item is added to the panel:
Sure:
Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04
GNOME panel is the latest:
$ dpkg -l gnome-panel
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name
The launcher also sometimes reverts to its blank, empty state. It just
happened after I rebooted. The bugs you linked look like they could be
related.
If it matters, my launcher links to the location
file:///boot/grub/mygsd/Operating%20Systems.
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GNOME panel doesn't correctly handle dragged
