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Bug 673945 - File Browser Location Bar missing icon pathbar
File Browser Location Bar missing icon pathbar
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Location Bar
3.4.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-04-11 19:49 UTC by Ian B. MacDonald
Modified: 2012-04-11 20:46 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Differences in Nautilus File Browser across Ubuntu versions (170.38 KB, image/png)
2012-04-11 19:49 UTC, Ian B. MacDonald 		Details

Description Ian B. MacDonald 2012-04-11 19:49:09 UTC 
Created attachment 211875 [details]
Differences in Nautilus File Browser across Ubuntu versions

In the current Ubuntu 12.04 Beta, the file browser is Nautilus 3.4.0 and the Location Bar is missing the icon view (previously the default in 11.10, using CTRL-L to bring up a text path).

With the Places sidebar enabled, this means there is no clickable icon to navigate upwards in the directory tree.  This makes trivial mouse-only move/copy operations to parent directories (or subfolders of parents) require some keyboard interaction to get to the correct target location.

I think this is a bug, and behavior should be similar to the previous behavior in Ubuntu 11.10. I included a screenshot showing the differences in default behavior. I could not find any "preference" to control this configuration or allow me to switch to the icon view.
Comment 1 Cosimo Cecchi 2012-04-11 20:35:07 UTC 
If Ubuntu ships with a location bar instead of the path (button) bar in the default configuration, it's an Ubuntu's bug. Upstream default configuration uses the classic button path bar.

You can also use `gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always-use-location-entry false` to revert to the default behavior.
Comment 2 Ian B. MacDonald 2012-04-11 20:46:25 UTC 
Yep, resetting the value gives the expected behavior.  No issue here upstream or downstream.