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Bug 339798 - Activating menu whilst band box selecting leaves artifact
Activating menu whilst band box selecting leaves artifact
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
2.14.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-04-26 11:17 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified: 2008-06-25 08:42 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.13/2.14


Description Sebastien Bacher 2006-04-26 11:17:05 UTC 
That bug has been opened on https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/39135

"Steps to reproduce:
1) Ensure that you have a key bound to openning the context menu (e.g. the "menu" key on the keyboard).
2) Begin dragging a rectangle in Nautilus (including the desktop).
3) Without letting go of the mouse button, press the menu key. Observe the menu has appeared.
4) Release the mouse button.
5) Observe a rectangle corner continues to follow the mouse position.
6) Click the left mouse button.
7) Observe the rectangle stays.

(I've seen variations of this bug on Windows and OSX)
...
I can confirm this bug, doing the same above operations. I would like to append:

8) Since now, I can't drag any desktop icon.
...
http://librarian.launchpad.net/2031412/Pantallazo-1.png
Screenshot of the problem"
Comment 1 Sergej Kotliar 2006-04-26 11:20:06 UTC 
Confirming for 2.14, FC5
Comment 2 Sebastien Bacher 2008-06-25 08:42:02 UTC 
the bug seems to be fixed in the current GNOME version