GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 324960
with two nautilus window and dragging something from one to another dragging operation should give focus to target window
Last modified: 2005-12-25 15:02:51 UTC
Currently when I try to copy some file or folder with nautilus I open two nautilus windows - and usually there is a situation when one window is over another. So I cannot see full content of window that is not active at the moment. And this causes few strange behaviours that I consider as bug. Examples: 1. Two windows - "a" active - "b" inactive - "b" is partially visible because "a" covers most of it. and let's imagine that "b" is in "list view mode" so if I keep cursor over this window when dragging something from "a" - then after a little while folders in window "b" expands so I can drop something into 1....n level subfolder. But because of that window "b" is inactive then I cannot sometimes _even see_ what is the name of the foler I want to drop... 2. Another example is that if I got two windows both in "icon view" mode. Then I can drop something into visible - but empty - area of my target ("b") window. But I also can drop something into folder in "b" window.... unfortunately only in folder that is in _visible_ part of "b" window. So my ferature request is: In my opinion d&d operation should give temporary "focus" to target window after a while... just like expanding folders feature when dragging something to window in "list view" mode. Of course it shouldn't give focus without any delay because it could be confusing but after a little while it should consider that user wants to see _whole_ droppable area not only the part that is currently visible.
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