GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 344245
location bar disappears when opening a folder with a very long name
Last modified: 2008-06-25 10:07:27 UTC
Please describe the problem: The location bar disappears permanently when displaying folders with a long enough name. To fix it, all the user can do is open the parent folder in a new nautilus window. Steps to reproduce: 1. from nautilus, create a directory with a name about ~90 characters long, 2. enter that directory, verify everything's ok, return to parent folder 3. add another ~10 characters to the directory name 4. enter that directory again. Actual results: the location bar disappears from view Expected results: nautilus shows the contents of the directory, and everything else should be ok Does this happen every time? this happens with any directory, as along as it has a long enough name. I still haven't found any way bring back the location bar, all I could do is open a new nautilus window. Other information: this bug may depend on factors like theme used, if the window is maximized, etc.
Confirming for Nautilus 2.14.1 (Ubuntu Dapper)
This problem was also reported to Debian, see http://bugs.debian.org/419204
Testing with gnome 2.18.1, this seems to have been at least partially fixed. The location bar still disappears after entering a directory with a long name, but all the user has to do is go up a directory, and enter another one with a shorter name, and the location bar reappears. No need to open a new nautilus window anymore. So I will mark as fixed, I think this is not ideal, but good enough. ;-)
> The location bar still disappears after entering a directory with a long name the bug is not fixed then, reopening
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 323379 ***