GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 599201
Not possible to create desktop link for some webpages
Last modified: 2018-01-02 18:51:17 UTC
Created attachment 145956 [details] bug demonstration video For most webpages it is possible to drag and drop URL from Firefox/Epiphany directly to the desktop and create a link file. For several webpages it is not possible, for example www.netboot.me. Please see attached video. Fedora 12 Rawhide nautilus-2.28.0-3.fc12.x86_64 firefox-3.5.3-1.fc12.x86_64 epiphany-2.28.1-1.fc12.x86_64
I can confirm this Ubuntu 8.10 epiphany 2.28.0 nautilus 2.28.0 I change status with new
Created attachment 146897 [details] 2nd bug demonstration video
I can confirm this too Ubuntu 9.10 i386 and x86_64 (both my desktop and my laptop computer) Shiretoko 3.5.5pre and firefox 3.5.4 nautilus 2.28.1 I have also another, probably related bug. When I try to create desktop link from firefox, most of the time I end up with the webpage I was visiting being copied as an html/php/vgi/whatever file. Usually keeping shift+ctrl held while dragging works, and a desktop link is created, but it sometimes fails too.
Same here. I am having the same problem as Angelos mentioned: some sites I can drag or drop to the desktop or a folder with no worries (ie http://google.com) but for some others dragging the page seems to create an html / a php file etc. This happens for me for this page for example: http://cvc.cervantes.es/obref/congresos/ Like Angelos, sometimes using ctrl-shift drag does the trick, sometimes nothing happens when I do it. Ubuntu 9.10 (32-bit version) Firefox 3.5.3 Nautilus 2.28.1
Starting with version 3.28, nautilus will not handle the "files on desktop background" feature. For better alternatives, read this blog post https://csorianognome.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/nautilus-desktop-plans/