It seems this bug is not apparent when default settings are used (such as when creating a new "test" user). But if I log on as the new user, and set the List View to show more columns, the bug appears.
A workaround, for now, is to: Open the Nautilus file browser. Go to Edit -> Preferences Click on the "List Columns" tab Untick all boxes, except for the top four - these are ticked by default for a new user. I find that the problem only occurs if I have too many columns enabled for viewing. I think Nautilus is supposed to show all the selected columns, and display a horizontal scrollbar when they are all too wide to fit into the window. Instead, Nautilus is shrinking the "Name" column to take up the slack. Nautilus is not enforcing a minimum-width for this column. And I concur with Mike Gratton - this problem has only surfaced in the latest version of Feisty. I've been using Ubuntu since it began with Warty, and have never seen this problem before until now. Hope this is helpful. -- List views start with too-narrow name column https://launchpad.net/bugs/89031 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
