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[Dirk Kok <d.kok.2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

This is really just annoying. It does not really impair anything, a very
easy workaround is to temporarily switch to grid view and right-click on
an empty spot between the grid cells. Then you can make a new
file/folder.

If the title didn't make sense, here's a more detailed explaination:
When viewing a lengthy folder in Nautilus, such as your Documents folder or your home directory, and you are in list view, the list of files in the folders is likely longer than your screen, so you need to scroll. Not a problem, right? Definitely not, but there's one thing: you can't create new files or folders when this is true. Because normally, when the list is not longer than the screen can display at once, there's  (a lot of) empty space for you to right-click and create new things. But when there's not, you can't do that, because there's no empty space.

My suggested fix would to add a button to create new files or folders on
the menu when you right click a file/folder, and not just empty space.

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. My nautilus version is
"1:3.10.1-0ubuntu9.7", which seems to be the latest, or at least for my
OS version.

** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1452163

Title:
  Cannot create folders in list mode if it is longer than the screen

Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This is really just annoying. It does not really impair anything, a
  very easy workaround is to temporarily switch to grid view and right-
  click on an empty spot between the grid cells. Then you can make a new
  file/folder.

  If the title didn't make sense, here's a more detailed explaination:
  When viewing a lengthy folder in Nautilus, such as your Documents folder or your home directory, and you are in list view, the list of files in the folders is likely longer than your screen, so you need to scroll. Not a problem, right? Definitely not, but there's one thing: you can't create new files or folders when this is true. Because normally, when the list is not longer than the screen can display at once, there's  (a lot of) empty space for you to right-click and create new things. But when there's not, you can't do that, because there's no empty space.

  My suggested fix would to add a button to create new files or folders
  on the menu when you right click a file/folder, and not just empty
  space.

  I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. My nautilus version is
  "1:3.10.1-0ubuntu9.7", which seems to be the latest, or at least for
  my OS version.

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