Unable to remove file or folder from desktop using <Del> key or dropdown menu interface

Bug #1874851 reported by Norbert
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This bug affects 14 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Have Ubuntu 20.04 LTS installed
2. Open terminal and create new file and new folder

     mkdir ~/Desktop/folder
     touch ~/Desktop/file

3. Close terminal
4. Locate *folder* and *file* on the desktop, then
4.1. Press <Del>
4.2. Do right mouse click on each and try to find Delete/Remove menu item

Expected results:
* user is able to remove object from Desktop by mouse or keyboard

Actual results:
* user is unable to remove object from Desktop by mouse or keyboard

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.450
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Apr 24 19:07:36 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-24 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Gökhan K. (gokkbt-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Sorry for all, "Fix Released" information for status isn't true, it's my mistake.

Norbert (nrbrtx)
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Released → Confirmed
Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Released → Confirmed
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