Extra pane behaviour has changed in 2026 release

[wujastyk]

Distribution

Mint 22.3

Package version

6.6.3

Frequency

Always

Bug description

F3 "extra pane" behaviour has changed in current release. F3 used to open a second pane in the same location as the first open pane. Now, F3 opens a second pane that remembers the location of it's previous display. That's almost never useful to me, although I understand others may prefer it. I always want a fresh duplicate of the current directory when I press F3.

I think this behaviour should be controllable by a Preferences option.

Best wishes,
Dominik

Steps to reproduce

Open Nemo, press F3.

Expected behavior

open a second window displaying the files in the current directory of the existing open window. But this should be a Preferences option. One should be able to choose a default that F3 remembers the location of the last opened second pane.

Additional information

No response