Unable to drag file from SMB-share / FTP-server / SFTP-server / WebDAV-server / MTP-device and drop it to other applications (such as Firefox)

Bug #1728149 reported by Norbert
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MATE Desktop
New
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caja (Ubuntu)
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Undecided
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Bug Description

#### Expected behaviour
Normally file-browser allows user to drag file from file-browser and drop it to other application (such as Firefox).

#### Actual behaviour
Current Caja version (1.12.7-1 as in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS) does not support dragging file from Caja to Firefox.

#### Steps to reproduce the behaviour
1. Open SMB share (or FTP-server, or SFTP-server, or WebDAV-server, or MTP-device) in Caja
2. Open Firefox, go to any filesharing/cloud-storage service with drag&drop functionality (such as Yandex Disk)
3a. Try to drag file from Caja to Firefox
3b. Navigate manually to gvfs mount location (/run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share\:server\=server\,share\=public/) and try to drag from here.

Note: this bug is somewhat related to [my AskUbuntu question](https://askubuntu.com/questions/966670/how-to-open-gvfs-smb-cifs-mount-location-in-terminal-from-caja).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: caja 1.12.7-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-97.120-generic 4.4.87
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-97-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sat Oct 28 00:03:47 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-07 (1357 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140204)
SourcePackage: caja
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-04-15 (194 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :
Norbert (nrbrtx)
summary: - Unable to drag file from SMB share and drop it to other applications
- (such as Firefox)
+ Unable to drag file from SMB share / FTP server and drop it to other
+ applications (such as Firefox)
summary: - Unable to drag file from SMB share / FTP server and drop it to other
+ Unable to drag file from SMB-share / FTP-server and drop it to other
applications (such as Firefox)
summary: - Unable to drag file from SMB-share / FTP-server and drop it to other
- applications (such as Firefox)
+ Unable to drag file from SMB-share / FTP-server / SFTP-server and drop
+ it to other applications (such as Firefox)
description: updated
Norbert (nrbrtx)
summary: - Unable to drag file from SMB-share / FTP-server / SFTP-server and drop
- it to other applications (such as Firefox)
+ Unable to drag file from SMB-share / FTP-server / SFTP-server / WebDAV-
+ server and drop it to other applications (such as Firefox)
description: updated
Norbert (nrbrtx)
description: updated
Norbert (nrbrtx)
summary: Unable to drag file from SMB-share / FTP-server / SFTP-server / WebDAV-
- server and drop it to other applications (such as Firefox)
+ server / MTP-device and drop it to other applications (such as Firefox)
description: updated
Changed in mate-desktop:
status: Unknown → New
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: added: bionic
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in caja (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

18.04 LTS with all updates, bug exists.

Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: added: cosmic disco
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tags: added: eoan
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tags: added: focal
removed: cosmic
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tags: added: groovy
removed: disco eoan
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tags: added: hirsute
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tags: added: impish
removed: groovy
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tags: removed: xenial
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tags: added: jammy
Revision history for this message
Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Bug still exists in latest Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS.

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