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Bug 586250 - Reopening folder (spatial mode) does not focus or raise window
Reopening folder (spatial mode) does not focus or raise window
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: [obsolete] Spatial Mode
2.26.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-06-18 11:17 UTC by Josselin Mouette
Modified: 2012-08-12 13:31 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.25/2.26


Description Josselin Mouette 2009-06-18 11:17:17 UTC 
Original report from Ulrik Sverdrup: http://bugs.debian.org/533490

In spatial mode, opening, from an external program (xdg-open
folder, from a launcher or similar, etc), a folder already open does not
focus the folder nor bring it to the current workspace; it merely
flashes in the window list.

This is a regression from previous versions of nautilus IIRC.

To reproduce:

1. Set nautilus to spatial mode (default)
2. Open home
3. Switch workspaces
4. In terminal, type "xdg-open ." or "gnome-open ."

The issue is disturbing, since I use a launcher program to navigate, it
does the equivalent of "xdg-open ." (or gtk_show_uri() or similar), but
nautilus does not correctly focus/display the folder)
Comment 1 Allan Day 2010-06-24 08:14:40 UTC 
Changing component as a part of ongoing bug reorganisation work.
Comment 2 William Jon McCann 2012-08-12 13:31:01 UTC 
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug.
However, you are using a version that is too old and not supported anymore. GNOME developers are no longer working on that version, so unfortunately there will not be any bug fixes for the version that you use.

By upgrading to a newer version of GNOME you could receive bug fixes and new functionality. You may need to upgrade your Linux distribution to obtain a newer version of GNOME.
Please feel free to reopen this bug if the problem still occurs with a newer version of GNOME.