GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 319969
Dragging a launcher from panel to desktop -- copies rather than moves
Last modified: 2011-03-31 19:29:51 UTC
1. Drag a launcher icon from a Panel to the desktop area 2. The launcher icon now appears on the desktop, but it remains on the Panel as well. I was expecting the launcher to be moved, not copied, just as it is if you drag it somewhere else on the same panel or to another panel. In short -- this behaviour is inconsistent with other similar operations.
Thanks for your bug report! This bug could be fixed after we resolved bug 171655. I agree that the current panel/Nautilus interaction is not very good. We could also improve the text/uri-list drop target interaction, though I'm not sure whether it's a good idea to actually remove files after a drag move was requested, you might actually have moved an URI to a GtkEntry if the target application is broken, so XDS might still be more suitable.
This is not relevant anymore in 3.0.