Resizing Columns in File Browser - Bug?

**selahlynch** · December 14th, 2008

The resizing of columns in my file browser acts strangely. I'm trying to resize column 1 and column 2. I'm doing it in a typical way, by dragging the right hand side of the column header.

If I try to resize Column 1, I can't make it any smaller, I can only make it larger. If I try to resize column 2, it resizes column 2 by moving the left side of column 2, rather than the right, thereby affecting column 1. So if I make column 2 very large, it will result in column 1 being very small.

Have you experienced this bug?

How can I fix this? How can I help it be fixed?

The file browser is such an important thing!

**lian1238** · December 14th, 2008

Is your file browser Nautilus? Making sure..

**logos34** · December 14th, 2008

which reminds me of my pet peeve:

nautilus won't save adjusted column layout...or is there a way?

**lian1238** · December 14th, 2008

Originally Posted by logos34

which reminds me of my pet peeve:

nautilus won't save adjusted column layout...or is there a way?

You can go to Edit->Preferences. Go to List Columns. You can drag and change the order to fit your prefered layout.

**logos34** · December 14th, 2008

Originally Posted by lian1238

You can go to Edit->Preferences. Go to List Columns. You can drag and change the order to fit your prefered layout.

i should have been clearer--i meant the column widths (i.e. specifically the title width big enough). I have the columns sorted in order

**selahlynch** · December 15th, 2008

My file browser is Nautilus 2.22.5.1

So has anyone experienced this?
(the first column wont readjust, and when you adjust the second column it does strange things to the first column)

do you know what I'm talking about?

**selahlynch** · December 15th, 2008

I had better luck researching this column resizing issue when including "Nautilus" in my search rather than "file browser".

What (i think) I understand:
-It is a reported bug that stems from a bug in the gtk+ package
-It is fixed in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid

Links to reported bugs:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...2.0/+bug/25940
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316087

Now the question for me is, can I fix this in a way that does not involve installing Ubuntu 8.10??