GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 165537
The file selector does not recognize correctly .desktop icons of ftp servers as folders
Last modified: 2005-05-05 18:02:03 UTC
Please describe the problem: I've a desktop icon that connects to my ftp account in my ISP. If a click on it Nautilus opens a new window, treating this desktop icon like any other local folder. Nevertheless, if I try to open a file from this remote ftp server, say from gEdit, I would expect to see it like a folder in the file selector but all I see is a regular file with name myftp.desktop. Even if a try to open something within gpdf this desktop file doesn't appear at all, nor like a file nor like a folder. The behaviour is not only wrong, from a user perspective, but also inconsistent between applications. Steps to reproduce: 1. From nautilus file manager go to an url of an ftp server. 2. Drag the url from the nautilus window to the desktop. A desktop icon is created. 3. If I click this icon nautilus, after asking me the login, shows me the contents of the remote account. 4. If I try to edit (gedit) a file from this "virtual" folder it doesn't show in the file selector. Actual results: In gedit, the file selector shows a regular file called myftp.desktop. In gpdf, the file selector doesn't show this regular file not a folder. Expected results: I would expect, that the file selector behaves with this "virtual" folder as with any regular one. Does this happen every time? Yes. Other information:
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 136271 ***