GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 374809
Evolution holds when using IMAP with slow internet connection
Last modified: 2008-08-07 16:20:24 UTC
Please describe the problem: Using IMAP if you drag an e-mail to move it from one folder to another (both are remote) it can take a few seconds before it goes to the target folder. So during this time you're able to drag one more e-mail and if you don't drop it until moving of first one hasn't completed it sticks to mouse cursor forever. Sorry for English. I'm not a native speaker. Steps to reproduce: 1. Drag one e-mail. 2. Drop it to some folder. 3. Drag one more e-mail before first one has gone to target folder. Actual results: After first email has been moved to target folder first one sticks to mouse cursor forever. Expected results: Nothin. I must be able to drop second email wherever I want. But I can't because it sticks to mouse-cursor. Does this happen every time? Yes. Other information:
This bug is not Evolution-specific, although this is a sane way to reproduce the bug. I experienced the same behaviour in Galeon today, it seems that one application can put the entire desktop into a weird state. I would argue that this is a Gtk bug in the drag-n-drop handling code, as it keeps dragging even when the mouse is no longer with the button pressed. While I can't really confirm that, it looks like, for some reason, the mouse-released event is not being catch by the drag-n-drop code. I can't reassign the bug to another product, but I can say for sure that this is not only an Evolution bug... I would argue that no application should be able to put the entire desktop in such a weird behaviour. daniel
Please file the separate bug in gtk+, thanks.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 351672 ***