File manager grabs favorites folders on left

[Robert Clark]

Upgraded to beta release of 20.4 and Nautilus file manager now is exhibiting a problem reported in older versions. When clicking on folders in the left side window the folder will be dragged to where ever the mouse is moved. The work around is to click once move slightly then click again to release in the same spot. The other work around is to reboot and sometimes the problem goes away.

I believe all this information has be sent when I did the ubuntu-bug command, but here is is again:
Release: Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch)
nautilus:Installed: 1:3.36.1.1-1ubuntu2

Expected behavior: Expected to click on "favorite" folder and be taken to the folder in the right side of screen.

Actual behavior: Clicking on "favorite" folder grabbed the folder to drag where ever the cursor went. Need to click again in same place on left screen to release the folder.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.36.1.1-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-21.25-generic 5.4.27
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu26
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Apr 15 10:28:53 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-19 (1123 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_nautilus:

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

There is a video on the new reported issue, https://photos.app.goo.gl/FTk4iWqiGG2RQ1Hk7

Do you get the problem often? Do you get click problem in other places? It's not happening here neither with a mouse or a trackpad, what device are you using?

[Rob Frohne (frohro)]

I just did an update and "Files" was updated with it, so I checked, and for me at least, it appears this behavior is fixed. Here is what was updated with this update:

Upgrade: libgirepository-1.0-1:amd64 (1.64.0-2, 1.64.1-1~ubuntu20.04.1), gir1.2-freedesktop:amd64 (1.64.0-2, 1.64.1-1~ubuntu20.04.1), gir1.2-nautilus-3.0:amd64 (1:3.36.2-0ubuntu1, 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1), apport:amd64 (2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2, 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3), nautilus:amd64 (1:3.36.2-0ubuntu1, 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1), libnautilus-extension1a:amd64 (1:3.36.2-0ubuntu1, 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1), gir1.2-glib-2.0:amd64 (1.64.0-2, 1.64.1-1~ubuntu20.04.1), python3-apport:amd64 (2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2, 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3), apport-gtk:amd64 (2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2, 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3), grub-efi-amd64-signed:amd64 (1.142+2.04-1ubuntu26, 1.142.1+2.04-1ubuntu26), nautilus-data:amd64 (1:3.36.2-0ubuntu1, 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1), python3-problem-report:amd64 (2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2, 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

weird, there is more chance for it to be a random issue than one fixed with the updates though, closing for now but feel free to reoepn if you see the problem again

[Rob Frohne (frohro)]

Hi All,

As described on June 20, the bug went away, but it is back now, so there must be some way to make it come and go, but I haven't figured out what I did.

Rob

[peterfrank (zengmao)]

I have the same problem in Ubuntu 20.04, and also 19.10 before upgrading. The problem occurs sporadically. I can confirm that the problem disappears after reboot, or if I just log out and log in again. When the problem occurs, it also triggers weird mouse behavior in a few other applications such as Zoom, so it seems to affect more than Nautilus bookmarks.