I've experienced the same behaviour. It is on a fresh install of 12.10. Potentially relevant packages installed include ccsm, advanced settings and the faience theme. The jumping of the columns seems to stop if the widths are changed but if the view is changed (Ctrl+1) and changed back (Ctrl+2) the strange behaviour starts again. It's mainly a problem when right clicking but still happens with the left click.
It seems a minor issue but is very noticeable and I most often use the list view with lots of files. This comment has also been posted to Ubuntu “nautilus” package Bugs Bug #1078942, which appears to be another duplicate -- 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/1073913 Title: Nautilus list view is constantly adjusting size of the columns Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When browisng the nautilus in full-screen using list mode (Ctrl+2) a folder containing 1131 files with file names varying to 60-80 characters, the size of "Name"-column changes constantly if the width is not set by hand to a fixed value. Other visible columns are File size, File type and Changed date (default settings). This bug happens every time when window gets focused, for example when using Alt+Tab to switch to Web browser inbetween. It might be that the adjustment is calculated every time even if nothing has changed in directory. Bug affects 12.10, in 12.04 works ok. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.5.90.really.3.4.2-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Nov 1 14:15:15 2012 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'844x341+939+-904'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'maximized' b'true' b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'139' InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-02-03 (272 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-24 (8 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1073913/+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
