I don't understand why you would get rid of the status bar in the first place. It would be much better to just leave the older status bar and have the option for the new overlay bit. You just have a check box defaulted to the new system and us old timers who are set in our ways can go in and click the box turning on the status bar.
I have no problem with new things but when you take away things people have used for years you end up ticking off the people whom have supported your software for years. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/797485 Title: SRU: Status Bar Covers File Name at Bottom Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in nautilus source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] If using Nautilus without a status bar the selected item title 'floats' at the bottom of the file listing. If you choose the last file item in a list this 'floating' title prevents you seeing the actual title making editing difficult/impossible. This issue is also present in icon view if you have an even number of files on the bottom row it becomes difficult to rename the last file as the status bar covers the text area. [Test Case] Using Ubuntu 16.04.1 open the file manager, click "Home", enable list view and resize the file manager window so that the contents of the home directory just fit vertically and horizontally. Select the last item in the file listing and then move the mouse slowly from left to right and back again several time. You will see the floating status bar will jump from left to right, obscuring details of the selected item. After the patched nautilus package is installed, performing the same test will result on the floating status bar being hidden when the mouse hovers over it. [Regression Potential] None. This patch has been adapted from the following upstream commit: * https://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus/commit/?id=e66d3ca Packages have been built in a PPA and tested for regressions. [ Other Info ] Binary package hint: nautilus The following possible solutions were considered: * Give the file list a bottom margin of the height of the status bar. * Move status bar to the left side when working with files in that corner. * Do not show status bar while renaming. * Hide the floating bars when hovering over part of the selection. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/797485/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
