Ok, however, that's not a reason for marking this as "opinion". The issue had already been addressed so there's no question that the behavior is wrong and has to be fixed. That debate has been settled ages ago.
Also the importance shouldn't be "whichlist". This makes Nautilus unusable. ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Opinion => Confirmed -- 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/1868158 Title: Reopen issue 1666681 Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Issue 1666681 needs to be reopened and fixed. Just see the latest comments. For fuck's sake. That issue has made Ubuntu completely unusable to the point that I have stopped upgrading since Ubuntu 16.04. Ubuntu should also consider dropping Nautilus altogether, because the existence of this issue (which is a design decision that the upstream developers defend) demonstrates that it's maintained by a bunch of idiots. Either you fork from it or you pick a decent file manager that is not spiraling into complete dementia. Anyway, in the shorter term, it seems that there are working patches available to mitigate this disgrace. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-173.203-generic 4.4.208 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-173-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Mar 19 19:52:02 2020 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'192' b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'1296x917+1232+81'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'use-tree-view' b'true' b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'mime_type', 'where']" InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (2351 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1868158/+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