Bug#367610: nautilus: Keyboard issues when deleting files

[Andrew Ruthven]

Package: nautilus
Version: 2.14.1-2
Severity: normal


Hi,

(For this bug report, please read "file" as "file/directory".)

I've discovered that when I'm deleting files I can reach a situation where
I can't easily use the keyboard to select the last file.  It is necessary
to do one of the following:

 - Control-A
 - leave the directory and re-enter it
 - use the mouse

the first one is not obvious (and I'm not sure if novice users would find
it) and the latter two are somewhat annoying.

Normally if no files are hilighted in Nautilus you can hit the "right"
key and the first file will be hilighted.  When a file is deleted then
the next file has a selection box around the name, but it isn't hilighted.
It is necessary to use an arrow key to move the hilight onto another
file.

But, if there are only two files left, and you delete one of them, there
is no other file to move the selection on to and hilight.  So you need
to carry out one of the three actions above.

I'm not sure if there is any clear solution to this...

-- System Information:
Debian Release: unstable
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16.11-cyclops
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages nautilus depends on:
ii  desktop-file-utils         0.10-1        Utilities for .desktop files
ii  fam                        2.7.0-10      File Alteration Monitor
ii  gconf2                     2.14.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-control-center       1:2.12.3-2    utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  libart-2.0-2               2.3.17-1      Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.11.4-2      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.14.0-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                      2.3.6-7       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libeel2-2                  2.14.1-1      Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii  libesd-alsa0 [libesd0]     0.2.36-3      Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) - 
ii  libexif12                  0.6.13-4      library to parse EXIF files
ii  libgail-common             1.8.11-2      GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail17                  1.8.11-2      GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4                2.14.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.5.1-2     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.10.2-2      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2         2.14.1.1-1    Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0                2.14.1-2      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0          2.14.0-2      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.14.1-1      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0             2.14.1-2      GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.8.17-2      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnautilus-extension1     2.14.1-2      libraries for nautilus components 
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.0-1    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.12.1-3      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                   1.7-5         lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-2                 2.14.3-2      SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libstartup-notification0   0.8-1         library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.0.0-6     X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                    2.6.24.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii  nautilus-data              2.14.1-2      data files for nautilus
ii  shared-mime-info           0.17-1        FreeDesktop.org shared MIME databa

Versions of packages nautilus recommends:
ii  desktop-base                  0.3.16     common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  eject                         2.1.4-1    ejects CDs and operates CD-Changer
pn  libgnomevfs2-extra            <none>     (no description available)
ii  librsvg2-common               2.14.3-2   SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  nautilus-cd-burner            2.12.3-2   CD Burning front-end for Nautilus

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