GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 771914
Wayland: can't tear off tab to new window
Last modified: 2021-06-18 15:49:48 UTC
Under X, dragging a Files tab to outside the Files window area detaches it to a new window. Under Wayland this doesn't work.
It works as expected here with nautilus-3.22.0, gtk+-3.22.1 and mutter-3.22.0. Which version are you using?
3.20.x, per the version in the bug report metadata ;) Specifically 3.20.3 Did you test using Wayland?
I can partially reproduce this bug in Gnome 3.22 with gtk3-3.22.1-1.fc25.x86_64 glib2-2.50.0-1.fc25.x86_64 nautilus-3.22.0-1.fc25.x86_64 mutter-3.22.0-2.fc25.x86_64 gnome-shell-3.22.0-1.fc25.x86_64 Details for the issue under wayland: When I drag the tab out of a nautilus window onto the gnome-shell top bar or onto an empty desktop, it works fine. When dragging the tab onto another application such as gedit or firefox, the tab is not moving into a new window.
Yes, in fact that seems to be the same under 3.20.x after re-testing. If the tab is dropped onto evolution it detaches properly, interestingly enough. When hovering the dragged tab over e.g. Firefox, gedit, it shows a closed fist cursor. Over Evolution it shows a closed fist + pointer cursor. Over the desktop it shows a pointer cursor. Something to do with what 'drop' capabilities the underneath application reports?
Yes, dropping onto the desktop detaches the tab (that's how I tested initially, thus my comment 1)
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