Thank you, Jeremey! It seems that this is now no longer an issue. I'm on the Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch) and updated this morning. (April 17th, 2018).
Dropbox folders are now being indexed properly and I can search for files within Dropbox folders. -- 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/1725257 Title: Does not search or index files from Dropbox [Ubuntu 17.10] Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Gnome-Shell of ubuntu 17.10 do not search and not index files from Dropbox folders. Shell of ubuntu 17.10 only search files from all folders except files that are in dropbox folders, this files only can located in nautilus but not in shell. Please solve this bug to can search the files of diferentes clouds providers as dropbox in the shell, now do not search files in shell. Thanks. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1725257/+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
