GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 670465
Path lost on entering directory in new tab
Last modified: 2021-06-18 15:52:42 UTC
Steps to reproduce: 1. Open nautilus and make sure to be in a folder with subfolders 2. Go to a subfolder and go back. Make sure that the subfolder is shown in the path line of nautilus (where you can click the name to go back to it) 3. Make a new tab in the current window (method seems to be irrelevant. Right-clicking the current directory name in the path, CTRL+ T etc.) 4. In the new tab, go to a subfolder different from the subfolder, you entered in the old tab 5. Go to the old tab. Notice that the path above the window no longer shows the subfolder you entered in this tab, but the one you entered in the new tab, though the current tab is supposed to be independent from it. This seems to be completely dependent on the folders, you are leaving, since I can also go to another subfolder from a tab that had nothing to do with these folders and the path of all tabs currently in the upper folders will also change. I expect it to keep the path history corresponding to the tab. I'm guessing this is not a feature. (first reported on https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/936261 . Please refer to this page for additional information (files etc.)) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu4.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Feb 19 15:35:18 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=da_DK:da PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=da_DK.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-12-17 (63 days ago)
*** Bug 670927 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
So, the pathbar api only takes a path at the moment and decides how to present itself based on the difference between the new path and the last path. It doesn't take tab history into account. There are a couple things here. 1. We should never leak path history from one tab to another. 2. Maybe we can support restoring the history / last-state to the pathbar when switching tabs.
*** Bug 753346 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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