Public bug reported: Thunar 1.6.15 on Bionic 18.04, kernel 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64. Behaviour seen on earlier Xubuntu versions as well.
To reproduce: 1. Open a Thunar file manager window at a directory containing sub-directories (e.g. a home folder) 2. Open one of the sub-directories in a new tab (right click or middle button) (e.g. ~/sub1) 3. Navigate to any next-level directory (e.g. ~/sub1/sub2) 4. Click the back/previous button (not "up") What should happen: You end up back in sub1, which is the root directory of that new tab What does happen: You end up back in ~, which is the root directory of the *parent* tab in that window. Any subsequent child tabs will exhibit the same behaviour, i.e. opening another tab on ~/sub1/sub2/sub3, go down one more level and back and you'll end up back at ~. This appears to be limited to the "previous" function, so it's something stack-related - probably, taking the value off the parent stack instead of a tab-specific stack, if I had to guess. "Up" works as intended. --- $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Release: 18.04 $ apt-cache policy thunar thunar: Installed: 1.6.15-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.6.15-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.6.15-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: thunar (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1776483 Title: Thunar doesn't navigate correctly to the root directory on "back"/"previous" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunar/+bug/1776483/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs