dragging files/folders onto launcher icons no longer works (classic desktop)

[steubens]

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

you used to be able to drop files/folders on launcher icons to invoke the application with them as parameters, this no longer works in natty; it adds a launcher instead

related, and as equally, excruciatingly annoying, dragging over a taskbar button will not bring that app to the foreground for a drop anymore, and if you drop it on top of the switcher it creates a launcher to the right of it.

i can understand why this might be desirable, but i've used launchers in this manner, and dropping on apps for as long as i've used gnome ...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-panel 1:2.32.1-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.37-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Mar 22 23:40:55 2011
GConfNonDefault:
 /apps/panel/general/applet_id_list=[applet_6,applet_1,applet_0,clock_screen0,show_desktop_button_screen0,window_list_screen0,workspace_switcher_screen0,trashapplet_screen0,applet_4,applet_12,applet_13,applet_11,applet_14,applet_17]
 /apps/panel/general/object_id_list=[object_0,menu_bar_screen0,object_1,object_3,object_2]
 /apps/panel/general/toplevel_id_list=[bottom_panel_screen0,top_panel_screen0]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-panel
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-17 (5 days ago)

[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.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

see bug #697358 for example

[steubens (steubens)]

well, that bug covers one of them. the other is dragging stuff onto launcher icons, which no longer works either

[steubens (steubens)]

i need to learn to be less hyperbolic, i thought someone actually removed the functionality at the time :D but, it has to do with compiz, i don't know how; but, it works for a while, then stops working (like it doesn't know what the cursor is over, aside from the outer window), it works again for a while after compiz --replace