Thunar file copy through ctrl+drag fails

[Gretha]

System: Ubuntu 11.10 with both gnome desktop and xfce desktop installed, fully updated

Start the system as Xubuntu, with the xfce desktop

When I click a file in the Thunar file browser, then press and hold the control (ctrl) key and drag the file, Thunar fails to make a copy of the file.

As a work-around, Copy + Paste the file does work, but this is registered by the clipboard and destroys any other workflow which depends on the information held by the clipboard.

[Cleanrock (cleanrock)]

Its not possible to copy files using drag and drop (holding Ctrl) within a folder, copying using Ctr+C, Ctrl+V is ok though so i dont see any reason do not be able to do this using drag and drop.

[Mmassonnet-0 (mmassonnet-0)]

Works fine for me, and I have version 1.0.1.

[Cleanrock (cleanrock)]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Works fine for me, and I have version 1.0.1.

Are you sure you can create a copy with drag and drop with ctrl within the same folder ?
I cant with my 1.0.1.

[Mmassonnet-0 (mmassonnet-0)]

Ah! I missed the mention about the _same_ directory.

Yes, I can reproduce that too, when you are DND over a folder you can type Ctrl/Ctrl+Shift/Shift to change the action to copy/create shortcut/move but this doesn't work when the mouse is over the white space (background) of the current directory.

[Mmassonnet-0 (mmassonnet-0)]

*** Bug 6052 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Hi,

Thanks for your bug report.
Dragging a file and then pressing ctrl (copy, you'll see a + on the icon) or ctrl+maj (link) works fine here. Are you trying to make a copy of the file into the same folder?

[Gretha (g-r-e-cramer)]

Dear Lionel

Well-spotted: The behaviour as described does indeed concern making a copy of a file within the same folder. I should have mentioned this above. Within the same folder, dragging and pressing Ctrl to copy a file is simply ignored by Thunar. Just to be on the safe side, I have tested both dragging and then pressing and holding Ctrl, and first pressing and holding Ctrl and then dragging. It shouldn't make a difference, but neither works.

[Karim Rekik (wkrekik)]

What happens with Thunar 1.5.1 is that copying by drag and drop into a folder is possible but after that the mouse keeps flickering and turns to the "wait" wheel.

Xubuntu 12.04 32 bit with 4.10 and 4.12 ppa's

[Hjudt-l (hjudt-l)]

Don't see why this would be simpler than ctrl+c, ctrl+v. Closing.