the issue is "fixed" in quantal, they deprecated typeahead in favor of live searching
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/857976 Title: Selecting files by typing in Nautilus covers up the status bar To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/857976/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs