Public bug reported: The locations of files are ellipsified (and therefore "right-cropped") when viewing the properties of a file.
To see this bug, do the following. 1) Open Nautilus 2) Navigate to a file location whose entire path-location is more than 26 characters in length. 3) Right-Click the file, and go to "Properties" 4) Under the "Basic" tab, see the "Location:" field. Now, notice that it is impossible to see the file's location in its entirety! This bug is especially frustrating, after performing a search for a file, because the search results offer no indication of that file's actual path-location, and going to properties of the file (as a search result) only shows the first half its path (making this information effectively useless). Additionally, when I'm looking for this information, I'm typically wanting to copy it to the clipboard. Please ease this task as much as possible. This would be an excellent location to add a small icon button tool-tipped "Copy Location to Clipboard". This suggestion caters to power users without taking anything away from beginners. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.8.2-0ubuntu11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-5.20-generic 3.13.0 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-5-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Jan 24 11:32:58 2014 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'mime_type', 'where']" InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-07 (109 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-01-08 (15 days ago) ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1272446 Title: File Properties - Location Cannot Be Seen in its Entirety To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1272446/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs