OK what happened was the following : The side pane width got to zero and was not visible. So I thought that this was a display mode from which I could not escape. I tried the different options for about 45 minutes over and over again.
In my opinion allowing zero width side pane is a bug. Not restoring normal display when the width of sidepane is 0 and when the "reset the view defaults" is selected is another bug. I understand if they are not considered as bugs. Thank you for your help Bruno Girin. When I toggled the sidepane selection I saw a flashing effect on the display and understood what was happening. -- file browser display problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/528044 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs