Randomly I can't rename files or folders in a folder

smurf · 29 December 2021 01:17

I'm on Ubuntu Mate 20.04.03, Kernel 5.4.0-91.
Sorry if this post is a duplicate, I know that this problem has been discussed before, this bug exist from 18.04 and maybe before, but I see that has never been fixed.
I can't find a way to replicate the problem, but I know that sometimes it's impossible to rename files or folders staying in a folder. I have to extract the object from the folder to the desktop, rename and move back to the folder.
Why?
There will be a fix?

tkn · 29 December 2021 14:32

Hi smurf,

I'm also on 20.04 and I have encountered the same problem.

This problem only (but always) happens if the number of files in the folder (that is: icons in the window) exactly fit the window size.
If you resize the window you'll see that the problem disappears.
(that is also the workaround I use)

Please add your 'this bug affects me too' to the bugreport here:

And also here:

github.com/mate-desktop/caja

Caja Window Size Determines Whether You Can Rename a File or Not

opened 08:49PM - 17 Aug 20 UTC

machineghost

confirmed

#### Expected behaviour I can rename a file, whatever the size of the Caja wind…ow #### Actual behaviour I try to rename a file with F2: nothing happens. I go to the menu and do rename: nothing happens. I right-click and rename: nothing happens. I increase the width of the window ... suddenly it magically works #### Steps to reproduce the behaviour Basically just the above, but this thread has further details (NOTE: I didn't post in that thread, but it seems like the same core problem, and it helped me find the resize workaround): https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=296934 #### MATE general version I literally don't know how to check this: maybe leave a comment here saying what command to run? #### Package version See above. #### Linux Distribution Linux Mint 20 (not sure which subversion exactly, but I just installed it a month ago) #### Link to downstream report of your Distribution See above: I really think you'd get better info if you told people *how* to give you what you want.

It is one of the strangest bugs I've ever encountered
but at least I can use this workaround so it bothers me not too much anymore.

smurf · 29 December 2021 21:43

ok Tkn.
I wrote in the first Bug, not in second because is not my case, the size is not important for this issue.

smurf · 1 March 2022 12:37

Yes, now I understand, the size of the window is the problem. Enlarging the window I can rename the files.
Sorry