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Bug 331643 - Drag and drop for files you can't move
Drag and drop for files you can't move
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 314139
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
2.13.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-02-18 08:07 UTC by Vincent Untz
Modified: 2006-02-20 07:27 UTC
See Also:
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Description Vincent Untz 2006-02-18 08:07:36 UTC 
Using 2.13.91.

When I drag a file I can't move (no write access in the directory), I get an error when I drop it since the default action is to move it.

The default action in this case should be to copy it (since it can't be moved).
Comment 1 Christian Neumair 2006-02-18 08:47:06 UTC 
I'm not sure whether not informing the user and silently moving is the right thing here. We probably do want a dialog, but with a "Cancel" and a "Copy" button, offering the user to copy as a fallback.
Comment 2 Christian Neumair 2006-02-18 08:47:31 UTC 
> I'm not sure whether not informing the user and silently moving is the right
thing here.

Sorry, I mean "silently copying".
Comment 3 Vincent Untz 2006-02-18 09:38:54 UTC 
I don't know if it's "silently copying" since it will involve changing the default cursor too :-)
Comment 4 Christian Neumair 2006-02-18 10:53:19 UTC 
I disagree that this is discoverable enough. It may be overseen by visually impaired people or by not realizing how the additional drag icons look.

Maybe some people from the usability team have an idea what we should do?
Comment 5 Flávio Etrusco 2006-02-20 06:18:26 UTC 
This bug should be marked duplicate of either http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=314139 or http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143746.
Comment 6 Vincent Untz 2006-02-20 07:27:40 UTC 
Thanks Flávio. I couldn't find it myself :-)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 314139 ***