Dragging files to apps in dock broken
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| Unity |
New
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Undecided
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| unity (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Dragging items into a running instance of an application (e.g a file into an opened folder in nautilus) using the dock is hard and sometimes simply impossible to do.
Most of the time the window where you want to put the file is minimized. In this case when dragging the file on top of the App icon simply won't do anything.
1. When dragging items to an APP expo view should show ALL opened windows of the APP. (show also minimized windows)
The other issue is that when there is only one instance of the APP running dragging an item to it's icon will show that window on Expo view. Then you would have to pose your pointer above the window a few seconds for it to focus letting you move your file into the desired folder.
A. If there is only one instance of the app, dragging a file to it's icon. Should simply bring it to the front (focus it), instead of showing it on expo view.
Also it should be noted that there is no design reason while the user shouldn't be able to simply drag the icon to the "expoed" window instead of having to wait for it to focus. This would save a lot of idle time.
B. Placing items in expoed windows should be the same as placing them on the focused window. This should be a better solution than A but I don't know whether it's feasible.
