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Bug 552091 - show file's whole name only when selecting it
show file's whole name only when selecting it
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.23.x
Other All
: Normal trivial
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-09-13 10:09 UTC by David Prieto
Modified: 2010-12-30 12:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24


Description David Prieto 2008-09-13 10:09:49 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
Originally posted at launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/269451

Steps to reproduce:
I'm using Nautilus 2.23.92 on Ubuntu Intrepid. Since little time ago, Nautilus has started ellipsizing long filenames so they will take less space. Hovering the cursor over the file, however, shows the whole name over other files. This, in my opinion, looks weird when you have many files with long names and move the cursor around.

I think the whole name should only be shown when the file is selected, either by clicking it or by using the keyboard.

Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?


Other information:
Comment 1 Marcus Carlson 2010-07-10 09:28:38 UTC 
Not sure I agree as if you're selecting multiple files, you'd have to select/unselect the file just to get the filename instead of just hovering the file.
Comment 2 André Klapper 2010-12-30 12:47:55 UTC 
No plans to change current behavior.