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[Daniel van Vugt <1862541@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

** Tags added: fixed-in-nautilus-3.37 fixed-upstream

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Title:
  Ctrl+A does not always select all contents of the visited folder (can
  lead to permanently lost work!)

Status in Nautilus:
  Fix Released
Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The other day I wanted to move all the files in one folder over to
  another folder using the cut + paste method. I visited the source
  folder, pressed Ctrl+A (select all) followed by Ctrl+X (cut), and then
  browsed to the target folder and pressed Ctrl+V (paste). Then I went
  and deleted the source folder, which I reasonably assumed to now be
  empty. However, it turned out that not all the files had been moved,
  and that the remaining files had been deleted along with the original
  folder (which I deleted permanently with Shift+Del, I might add).

  After some troubleshooting I've been able to determine the most likely
  cause. When visiting a folder, there is usually some delay during
  which the contents of the folder are read from disk and the thumbnails
  are being updated (for large folders this delay can be on the order of
  seconds). If Ctrl+A is pressed before this process has finished, only
  a subset of the files/folders are selected. Thus, I probably only
  cut/moved some of the files, and left the remaining files behind.

  This is a very serious bug, as it can lead to permanent loss of work
  (as it did for me).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: nautilus 1:3.26.3-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-76.86-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-76-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sun Feb  9 21:22:24 2020
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'196'
   b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'maximized' b'true'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-09 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  SourcePackage: nautilus
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  usr_lib_nautilus:

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