Thank you for your bug report, that issue seems to be fixed in nautilus 3.6 in raring, closing the bug. The new version got quite some refactoring though and it's not likely that the fix is easily backportable to older versions, it's an annoyance but not an important issue either so not a priority for a stable update.
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1061044 Title: search behavior Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: search behavior messed up in ubuntu. what do i mean by this just look at this example here i search a file in ubuntu http://i.imgur.com/vIeXC.png ok control F and type http://i.imgur.com/ec1T2.png this is what it found great, lets open a folder http://i.imgur.com/s60tg.png this is a wrong folder lets go back and open a different folder http://i.imgur.com/TuYr7.png oooo no it started to search all over again, it might take a long long time and that is no funn ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.5.90.really.3.4.2-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Oct 3 19:46:21 2012 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'1013x645+206+153'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'161' b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'start-with-status-bar' b'true' InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-09 (23 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1061044/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp