Drag & Drop not working

[Karl Lindheimer]

After the latest update, Nautilus file manager in 20.04 no longer offers file drag and drop. You cannot select or even move the file(s) to another Nautilus window. Right context window commands still function.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-48.52-generic 5.4.60
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Oct 10 07:54:14 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-07-28 (73 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
ProcEnviron:
 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: dropbox 2020.03.04

[Karl Lindheimer (karl-lindheimer)]

I was able to resolve this problem by reinstalling all of the mutter packages that had been upgraded using synaptic. Drag and drop and the slightly altered look of Nautilus have been corrected.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. Which binaries did you revert and from what version to what version? if you upgrade again doesn't it restore the issue?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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