Cannot drag and drop files to Meld in Unity panel

Bug #860951 reported by ph0nph0n
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Unity
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unity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

1. Add Meld to the Unity panel;
2. open Nautilus;
3. drag and drop 1, 2, or 3 files onto the Meld icon.

Expected result: Meld opens the dragged files.

Actual result: the Meld icon is greyed out, so the files cannot be dropped on it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: meld 1.5.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 27 22:59:34 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110920.5)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: meld
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
ph0nph0n (rockinfed) wrote :
Julian Taylor (jtaylor)
Changed in meld (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
affects: meld (Ubuntu) → unity (Ubuntu)
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
bojo42 (bojo42) wrote :

Is there any kind of workaround for this on with Unity on precise?

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