"Show copy dialog" right click launcher entry doesn't work

[Simon P.]

I noticed that Files(Nautilus file manager) "Show Copy Dialogue" Quicklist(right click menu) item doesn't work (again) with 14.04LTS. "Show Copy Dialogue" is supposed to restore/reveal the minimize/hidden copy dialogue, but it doesn't. Seems to be a regression of bug #887821

My Nautilus version is: GNOME nautilus 3.10.1

Unity version: unity 7.2.0

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity 7.2.0+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat May 17 23:48:56 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-03 (14 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

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[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could be a duplicate of bug #1170647 as well

[Simon P. (simpre)]

1) I start to copy a large amount of files. I do something else meanwhile so the copy dialogue minimises.

2) I expect the copy dialogue to open when i right-click on the files symbol in the launcher and click on "show copy dialog"

3) What happens: nothing happens.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[clickwir (clickwir)]

Same boat here. Ubuntu 14.04 64bit. FIle 3.10.1.

Was in the middle of copying files from a cd to the server (via SMB), used Alt+Tab to switch to a Remmina RDP session. Kind of switched back and forth too quickly and then had to Alt+Tab again till I got my RDP session to the forefront. When I went back to clicking on the files (icon on the left panel, still shows the file copy progress bar), I only get the folder view. No dialog box with the copy. Also, the copy is very very slow. I was able to copy the next 4 CD's from a Win7 box before mine finished.

Right clicking on Files and then clicking on "Show copy dialog" does nothing. No error, no visiual indication of anything. Double clicking on the Files icon only presents me with the folder view window that's already open and working fine.

[xeddo (xeddo-xeddo)]

sometimes when starting a copy operation there is no dialog at all!
1. drag and drop files
2. nautilus does its thing, but without any dialog or other info (except the little progress bar in the unity side panel thing)
3. clicking on show copy dialog only makes the "files launcher" wiggle but produces no dialog or other information.

does anyone have a workaround?
has anyone tried to upgrade to 14.10 to make the problem disappear?

[Seth Johnson (sethj)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug. We have tried to recreate this on the latest release of Ubuntu and cannot reproduce it. This bug is being marked as Invalid. If you believe the problem to still exist in the latest version of Ubuntu please comment on why that is the case and change the bug status to NEW.

[antonioni (antonioni-rocha)]

Linux is good, but it has ridiculous and historic bugs!

[Simon P. (simpre)]

Just now I ran into the same bug I reported more than two years ago in the new Ubuntu 16.06. It is not always happening, but right now I cannot open the copy dialogue with the right-click-menu. However, I cannot tell why that is the case.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987)]

Please mark yourself as affected if you have this bug in Xenial in the duplicate bug #1399077.