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Renaming a file stops after first character if the window is just small enough for a scrollbar to appear #3755

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@nstoddard

Distribution

Ubuntu 25.10

Package version

nemo 6.4.5

Frequency

Always

Bug description

If a Nemo window is just small enough for a scrollbar to appear, but not much smaller than that, and you try to rename a file, renaming stops after typing the first character.

Steps to reproduce

Set up a Nemo window that looks something like this, small enough for the scrollbar to show up but as big as possible other than that:
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Select a file (it seems to work with any file) and press F2 to start renaming it.
Type a new filename with more than 1 character. It will stop renaming after the first character is typed.

Expected behavior

It should allow you to type in a full filename instead of just 1 character.

Additional information

If you press F2 after pressing alt-tab but before pressing any other keys, it exits the renaming immediately instead of letting you type a character.

This doesn't happen if the scrollbar doesn't appear, or if the window is resized small enough (I don't know the exact threshold).

Activity

  1. changed the title [-]Renaming a file stops after first character if the window is just big enough for a scrollbar to appear[/-] [+]Renaming a file stops after first character if the window is just small enough for a scrollbar to appear[/+] on Apr 5, 2026
  2. neropatti commented on Apr 18, 2026

    @neropatti

    Encountered this same issue with Linux Mint 21.3, Cinnamon 6.0.4 and Nemo 6.0.2

  3. waldo22 commented on Aug 13, 2026

    @waldo22

    This issue also occurs for me in Debian 14 Testing (aka Forky) with Cinnamon 6.6.9 with Nemo 6.6.4. I'm glad to know that re-sizing the window is a workaround, because I could not figure out what was causing the behavior and resorted to renaming via the CLI.

  4. added a commit that references this issue on Oct 3, 2026
    b554532
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