GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 143498
Icons dragged from menu to desktop are readonly
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
Description of Problem: Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Open the applications menu (from the panel) 2. Move your mouse to an appropriate item 3. Drag it to the desktop to create an icon there Actual Results: A readonly icon appears (with the rather overdone "can't write" emblem). Closer inspection shows that the file is mine, but still readonly. Expected Results: File is not created readonly. How often does this happen? Every time Additional Information: An emblem that seems to say "You can't write to this file" should probably not be on a file that's mine in a directory that's mine (as I can just change the permissions). I could imagine showing it read-write, but asking for confirmation when first writing to it (then changing the permissions). I also think the emblem is far too alarming. Either way, creating readonly icons on my desktop makes no sense at all.
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 141390 ***