Drag and drop to desktop area doesn't work

Bug #1865943 reported by Andreas Hasenack
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

If I have a folder window open, and drag a file from it into the desktop area, that is somehow forbidden and the icon just moves back to the folder where it came from, in a "moving" animation. It's almost as if I didn't have filesystem permissions to move it to the desktop.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.35.92-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-17.21-generic 5.4.22
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Mar 3 18:25:07 2020
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.icon-view' b'default-zoom-level' b"'standard'"
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'initial-size' b'(972, 469)'
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-zoom-level' b"'small'"
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'where', 'date_modified', 'date_modified_with_time', 'date_accessed', 'recency', 'starred', 'detailed_type']"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-10-13 (142 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Beta amd64 (20191010)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-01-30 (32 days ago)
usr_lib_nautilus:

Revision history for this message
Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack) wrote :
tags: added: chamgagne
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
summary: - Dran and drop to desktop area doesn't work
+ Drag and drop to desktop area doesn't work
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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