DnD from Desktop to Nautilus doesn't always work

Bug #970390 reported by Thibaut Brandscheid
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Precise 3D 32-Bit up-to-date

Its not always possible to »quick« drag & drop a file from the Desktop to Nautilus.

See attached video: 'bug_nautilus_dnd_from_desktop.ogv'

To Reproduce:
- create test folder & files
mkdir /tmp/testdir
for i in {1..30}; do touch /tmp/testdir/file$i ; done;
touch ~/Desktop/mySuperImportantFile.txt

- open Nautilus and go to /tmp/testdir
- open another program e.g. gedit (focus switches to gedit)
- »quick« drag & drop the test file from the desktop to /tmp/testdir
- first »quick« DnD attempt often fails * ←Bug

*tested using Nautilus icon and list view

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.4.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic-pae 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Mar 31 22:57:05 2012
GsettingsChanges: org.gnome.nautilus.window-state geometry '718x461+65+133'
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120227)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Thibaut Brandscheid (k1au3-is-37) wrote :
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Thibaut Brandscheid (k1au3-is-37) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Jay Mac (jmac939) wrote :

This may be the same bug as #1075337

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the duplicate suggests it's happening only under unity, reassigning

affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) → unity (Ubuntu)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
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Thibaut Brandscheid (k1au3-is-37) wrote :

Couldn't reproduce the bug anymore on Wily.

Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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