Public bug reported: When Nautilus is called from another app, e.g., Thunderbird > Attach File to email (or Gedit > Save file) the search (via the magnifying glass icon in the top right) only allows for 1 character to be entered, and then jumps to the bottom right and subsequent characters appear there.
This behavior, of course, messes up the expected search results as the search is split into two fields/areas of the panel. In contrast, when opening up a Nautilus browser panel directly, any search query entered from the magnifying glass icon stays in the text entry area as expected, and the search results work well. The expectation is that when another app calls Nautilus, the search function works as if it does when working directly out of Nautilus. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.26.4-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-11.12-generic 4.18.12 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Nov 13 13:05:42 2018 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' b'show-delete-permanently' b'true' b'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' b'default-folder-viewer' b"'list-view'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'1165x787+417+87'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.compression' b'default-compression-format' b"'7z'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'mime_type', 'where', 'date_modified', 'date_modified_with_time', 'date_accessed', 'recency']" InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-27 (17 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_nautilus: dropbox 2015.10.28 ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic third-party-packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1803176 Title: Search in Nautilus does not work correctly when called from other apps To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1803176/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs