Unable to manage files effectively with Nautilus on a touchscreen

[Corey Buttel]

OS: Ubuntu 17.10
Hardware: Panasonic FZ-M1 mk2

Using Nautilus with a touchscreen, user is unable to perform click & drag operations to move files and folders. Click & drag works to "select" multiple files, but they cannot be dragged to new locations. Likewise, simulating a "right click" is not possible with a touchscreen, so even when files are selected, no copy and paste operations are available to move them. Additionally, double-tapping to open a file or folder is unreliable, and requires an extremely precise second tap in order to work properly.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

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[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, in the futur please try to stick to one report by issue.

The context menu problem is known upstream
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/178
or
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/306