Nautilus windows don't steal focus when files are dragged into them

[Apreche]

This is a little hard to describe, but I'll do my best.

Let's say you've got two nautilus windows. You want to drag files from one to the other, either for moving or copying. The window you are dragging from is covering the window you want to drag to. If you want to put the file in one of the folders within that overlapped window? You need the destination window to steal focus, so you can see the folders within it.

As of right now, Nautilus windows don't steal focus and move forward when you drag files into them. It's not often that you run into this, but it is very annoying when you do.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.

[Vish (vish)]

@Apreche: Pls find the existing bug, and assign the existing bug to HundredPapercuts.

[Zach (uid000)]

This duplicate status is wrong. The two bugs are similar but not the same. This actually is a longstanding bug in gnome:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112308
And cited on the gnome developer blog (near the bottom of the post):
http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2008/06/11/drag-and-drop/

[Greg Merchan (gregory-merchan)]

Zach is correct; this is not a duplicate of bug #29560. That bug is a filed against metacity, which is only one of the components contributing to the failure of Ubuntu to provide a smooth DnD experience.

As written, the summary and report do not describe the commonly desired behavior for DnD. What's needed is not for a program to "steal focus", merely for its window to be raised at the right time.

Removing the duplicate marker and leaving as invalid.