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Bug 128227 - Move/copy behaviour on drag and drop is inconsistent with documentation
Move/copy behaviour on drag and drop is inconsistent with documentation
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 143746
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Views: All
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal minor
: ---
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-11-30 13:50 UTC by Adam Sampson
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
Make Nautilus behave how the help says it should (1.29 KB, patch)
2003-12-03 12:01 UTC, Adam Sampson
needs-work Details | Review

Description Adam Sampson 2003-11-30 13:50:56 UTC
Description of Problem:
The Nautilus help says that to move a file, I can
just drag it from its old location to its new
location; however, if the two locations are on
different filesystems, Nautilus will default to
copying the file rather than moving it.

Steps to reproduce the problem:
(using nautilus-2.4.1 and gnome2-user-docs-2.4.1)
1. Examine section 1.4.3 of the Nautilus help.
2. Attempt to drag a file from one filesystem to
another without pressing any modifier keys, as it
says to do.

Actual Results:
The mouse pointer indicates that Nautilus will cop
y the dragged file rather than moving it, and it
does indeed copy it.

Expected Results:
The mouse pointer should indicate that Nautilus
will move the file, as it would when dragging to
the same filesystem.

How often does this happen? 
Always.

Additional Information:
This is either a documentation bug or a code bug
(the current behaviour is deliberate --
nautilus-dnd.c, line 359 onwards). I'd prefer it
if it had the behaviour described in the
documentation; when I drag a file, I'm almost
always moving it rather than wanting to copy it,
and the always-move behaviour doesn't require the
user to know what filesystem a folder is on to
predict what dragging a file will do.
Comment 1 Adam Sampson 2003-12-03 12:01:23 UTC
Created attachment 22052 [details] [review]
Make Nautilus behave how the help says it should
Comment 2 Luis Villa 2004-01-02 22:23:41 UTC
There is a specific reason it behaves this way, though I don't 
remember offhand why. Might be better to patch the docs, though that 
call is obviously up to the maintainers.
Comment 3 Dave Camp 2004-04-12 19:30:17 UTC
Comment on attachment 22052 [details] [review]
Make Nautilus behave how the help says it should

yeah, this should be a docs patch, this is the intended behavior.
Comment 4 Rodrigo Virote Kassick 2004-07-03 22:08:14 UTC
me as old user: Ok, files on different file systems, should use middle button to
move. Now delete that folder I wanted to move.

me as no-worring-or-aware-of-such-stuff-user: Folders are things witch keep my
files. I just want a default action (either copy or move) for dragging files
with left button and a menu for alternative actions in middle button. I don't
wanna be aware of different filesystem's as nautilus doesn't show me any
difference between their folders.

Comment 5 Alexander Larsson 2004-10-01 12:41:06 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 143746 ***