Not allowing changing the search view columns is an upstream UI decision and not a bug, feel free to open a bug on https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues if you want discuss with upstream about that though
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- 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/1335488 Title: "location" column shows up automatically in search Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: When searching from within nautilus "location" column gets automatically appears, and automatically disappers when you close search Steps to reproduce: 1. Open a nautilus window by clicking on the launcher icon. 2. Navigate to root directory (computer) or a mounted volume on a different hard drive. 3. Switch to "view items as list" and click search button 4. Remove "location" from column list by right clicking on a column name and de selecting "location", if it is selected 5. Now search for any file e.g. "xls" file or "deb". What happens: 1. The "location" column automatically appears as soon as it starts to search for files. 2. And the "location" colunmn automatically dissapers when you remove the search term or close search (by clicking on search button). What should happen: Only columns i have pre-seleced should appear in the search window. system info: ubuntu 14.04 LTS, files 3.10.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1335488/+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