Thanks for the response, Mr. Bacher.
Yes, it might be a "design decision", but it's a bad one.
I especially like the last comment in the link you sent:
toye toye @toye ยท 1 year ago
What
is the point to have tabs in nautilus if when you see the properties
dialogue, all nautilus get block and you can't do nothing ?
This behaviour is really badThanks again,
Ray White
On Sat, 2025-03-15 at 20:35 +0000, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Thank you for your bug report. That's a design decision from
> upstream,see the discussion on
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/2488
>
> ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues #2488
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/2488
>
> ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
> ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New => Opinion
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Title:
File Manager File Properties Window "Anchored" to File Manager Window
Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
Opinion
Bug description:
I am (still) running Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (per the adage that "If it
ain't broke, don't fix it.").
I have noticed that when I open the File Manager (Nautilus), and I
click on a file to get its properties, the "Properties" window is
"tied down"/anchored to the File Manager window containing it.
If I try to move the Properties window, the File Manager window moves
with it, and I can't click on another file. The Properties "sub-
window" has "hijacked" the File Manager window.
This is a problem, because to me, a common task within File Manager
would be to click on one file to get its properties, then click on
another file to compare the two files' properties.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1.20.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-134.145~20.04.1-generic 5.15.173
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-134-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Mar 15 12:25:09 2025
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
GsettingsChanges:
b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'280'
b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'initial-size' b'(1222, 715)'
b'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' b'default-folder-viewer' b"'list-view'"
b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-visible-columns' b"['name',
'size', 'date_modified', 'date_modified_with_time', 'starred']"
b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size',
'type', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'where', 'date_modified',
'date_modified_with_time', 'date_accessed', 'recency', 'starred',
'detailed_type']"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-03-19 (1457 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64
(20210209.1)
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_nautilus:
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