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[The Rook <cjsengland@xxxxxxx>]

The closest thing I've seen to a "real" fix was posted by someone in the
XFCE bug report forum http://bugzilla.xfce.org/attachment.cgi?id=2940.
Patching "exo-tree-view.c" in the Ubuntu "exo-0.3.106" (for Lucid)
source at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exo seems to work without
ill effect as far as I can tell. After compiling I just replaced the
/usr/lib/libexo-0.3.so.0.5.0 with the patched version, and linked
/usr/lib/libexo-0.3.so.0 to it (some versions may require a
/usr/lib/libexo-0.3.so link too). Also it appears that the recompiled
file expects the /usr/lib/libexo-0.3.0/  folder to be
/usr/local/libexec/, so a link to the directory needs to be created
there if the source isn't further edited. Obviously, to anyone reading,
I take no responsibility for any damage this might cause, TRY AT YOUR
OWN RISK, and keep backups of any system files you substitute!

On a side-note, I'm with those who consider this bug critical. Well at
least critical to Xubuntu or any XFCE based distro. The real test of a
good file manager is efficiency, any gains in Thunar's lightness are
immediately lost when a user has to resort to awkward workarounds
(excluding hacks) to make very basic functionality usable. I dare say
many Thunar/potential users will look for alternative file managers,
especially as there doesn't seem to be any clarity when or whether this
bug will be fixed. At least there appears to be some progress on the
Pcmanfm front now.

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thunar select freezes after using mouse to select folders ("detailed view" mode)
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