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Nautlius > File/Folder Properties does not display full file path for a symbolic link

Bug #141292 reported by Brett Alton
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nautilus (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: nautilus

When in Nautilus and I right-click a symbolic link, then select properties, it shows Location as "/home/brett/my_altonlabs/altonlab..." while Link target says the same thing: "/home/brett/my_altonlabs/altonlab...". What good is this to the user? I need to see what it's linked to. The only way I can find the full path is by using Bash and doing a 'ls -l' command in the directory.

I advise that when you select the text, you can at least scroll to see the whole path.

A screenshot will be submitted below.

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Brett Alton (brett-alton-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug. What version of Ubuntu do you use? How did you create the symlink? The bug doesn't happen on my gutsy

Changed in nautilus:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Brett Alton (brett-alton-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Gusty (7.10) - 2007-09-25
Made the link in Nautlius by right-clicking and selecting "make link".

Mind you, this problem only appears when the directory listing is too long. It gets concatenated with an ellipse (...) for deep directories. For files that are in the same 3 or 4 parent directories, this dialogue box doesn't give the user the whole directory path and therefore is useless.

Ex: <the image I posted above>

Location: '/home/brett/my_altonlabs/altonlabs/invoices_given/invoice-20070920.odt'
Link target: '/home/brett/my_altonlabs/altonlabs/fcyb/work_files/invoice-20070920.odt'

Both are concatenated to: '/home/brett/my_altonlabs/altonlab...', leaving the user clueless to where the file links to.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

there is already a bug opened about the elipsize, closing this one

Changed in nautilus:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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Brett Alton (brett-alton-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Great, thanks!

Can you link me?

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

I'm busy fixing gutsy bugs for now and would prefer not have to spend 10 minutes looking for the number

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JI Xiang (szjx) wrote :

Is there any update on this? This is 2016 and the problem seems to be still there... Are you sure this is a duplicate question after all.

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