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Bug 340335 - No search text field in Nautilus after Ctrl-F on desktop
No search text field in Nautilus after Ctrl-F on desktop
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Desktop
2.23.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-05-01 20:13 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified: 2011-10-12 18:10 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24

Attachments
Disable search shortcut for desktop (#340335) (839 bytes, patch)
2010-07-05 16:46 UTC, Marcus Carlson 		needs-work Details | Review

Description Sebastien Bacher 2006-05-01 20:13:36 UTC 
That bug has been opened on https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/42443

"Dapper Flight6 + updates 2006-05-01:

There is no search text field in Nautilus after Ctrl-F on desktop.

1. Click with the mouse on the desktop to activate it.
2. Press Ctrl-f
3. Nautilus will appear with the search window but there is no text entry field where you can type your search text.

See attached screenshot.

http://librarian.launchpad.net/2428434/search-file-browser.png
Nautilus opens the search dialog but there is no text field to enter your search text."
Comment 1 Sergej Kotliar 2006-05-01 22:32:25 UTC 
Confirming on FC5. Btw, this bug does not appear in Spatial mode...
Comment 2 Martin Mai 2009-07-10 13:04:39 UTC 
When <Control>f opens a nautilus window to search, then why do we have gnome-search-tool (can be accessed via "Places -> Seach for files")? I think since we have the gnome-search-tool the shortcut <Control>f should start it instead of a nautilus instance.

The problem is I don't know where the shortcut is defined. "System -> Preferences -> Keyboad-Shortcuts" shows me a "XF86Search" and the gconf-editor does not list something else.
Comment 3 Marcus Carlson 2009-10-04 00:09:39 UTC 
Martin, for info; the shortcut is defined in nautilus (in nautilus-spatial-window.c).
Comment 4 Allan Day 2010-06-28 20:04:36 UTC 
If I (using Lucid) Ctrl+F on the desktop a Nautilus window opens with no search field available. Not good.

Don't we pretend that the desktop isn't Nautilus? If that's the case, we should disable Nautilus shortcuts on the desktop.
Comment 5 Marcus Carlson 2010-07-05 16:46:28 UTC 
Created attachment 165291 [details] [review]
Disable search shortcut for desktop (#340335)
Comment 6 Cosimo Cecchi 2010-07-05 23:53:49 UTC 
Comment on attachment 165291 [details] [review]
Disable search shortcut for desktop (#340335)

I'd rather disable altogether all the bindings in the spatial actions set when on desktop.

You can also make this code a bit more object oriented introducing a property or a virtual function to the spatial window object.
Comment 7 Timothy Arceri 2011-10-12 09:26:01 UTC 
This desktop shortcut seems to now be disabled in Gnome 3 (on Ubuntu Oneiric) so it would seem this bug is now fixed.
Comment 8 Cosimo Cecchi 2011-10-12 18:10:57 UTC 
Okay, thanks for testing.