This problem goes away in Nautilus 3.14.3 that comes with Ubuntu 16.04 and also doesn't occur in Nemo 3.0.0 + (which is available for prior versions of Ubuntu). I think this bug report should probably be closed.
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1462183 Title: Nautilus "Enter Location" Stops Working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1462183/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs