Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: nautilus
What I did: In Nautilus, I open a Windows share, with the left-hand
"places" sidepane open. I have "View as List" selected". I drill down 4
or more folders deep until finding some directory, several levels deep,
in which I want to create a new folder for my files. I click on that
directory on the right hand part of the window, to make it active, and
it is highlighted in an orange colour to indicate that is it active. I
then go File -> Create Folder.
What happens: This creates a new folder in the top level directory. So
it ignores all the drilling down, ignores the active directory, and
creates a folder at the top-level.
What I expect to happen: "Create folder" should be relative to what is
active. If a folder is active, then "Create Folder" should create a new
folder inside that active folder. If a file is active, then create
folder should create a folder inside the current folder. "Create Folder"
should not create a folder at the top level, and should not ignore what
the user has selected.
Related information: The same thing happens when pressing Ctrl-Shift-N,
which is the keyboard shortcut to create a new folder.
Possibly related information: The "what I expect to happen" behaviour is
what Windows Explorer does, and is what I am familiar with, but it is
also I think the most logical thing to do, and what most users would
expect to happen.
Release: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Nautilus version: 2.22.3
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Sep 1 15:21:55 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
Package: nautilus 1:2.22.3-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug
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"Create Folder" in Nautilus is counterintuitive - does not apply to selected
folder
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263500
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