Comment 26 for bug 1813441

I was quite surprised to find the icons on the Desktop not navigable with arrow keys. Also, I couldn't cut and paste files to and from the Desktop.

For many years, I have always replaced Nautilus with Nemo, it's so much more flexible. I managed to get the Desktop in a great state using Nemo, following the steps outlined here:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1066752/how-to-set-nemo-as-the-default-file-manager-in-ubuntu-18-04/1173861#1173861

I would suggest the Ubuntu software managers to replace Nautilus with Nemo, it seems like the logical choice, by far.