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Bug 410766 - Unable to copy/move files with cut/copy and paste when using list view
Unable to copy/move files with cut/copy and paste when using list view
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 94618
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
3.1.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-02-22 12:26 UTC by Patrick Schönfeld
Modified: 2011-09-08 16:13 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.1/3.2


Description Patrick Schönfeld 2007-02-22 12:26:49 UTC 
If you use the list view and try to move or copy a file into a folder where are a lot of files already, then it is not possible to do this by: Right-Click->Copy/Cut and then Right-Click->Paste in the destination folder. That is because you don't have empty spaces then, but everywhere you click the context menu is for the file. 

A solution would be to show a menu entry "Paste" in this menu anyway IF there is a file in the clipboard. I don't think that shading the entry out if there is no file in the clipboard is a good solution, but not showing it/showing it dependent on the situation seams appropriate.


Other information:
Comment 1 tmp 2007-06-16 06:21:29 UTC 
This bug is still in Nautilus 2.18.0.1

One solution which would fix lot of problems in this area is:

only make to column with the file/directory activated when right clicking on it. Columns to the right like "size", "type" shouldn't get activated when right clicking on them. Then there would be enough space to also drop files at this area when dragging them from another Nautilus window.
Comment 2 André Klapper 2011-08-11 17:14:20 UTC 
Still valid in 3.1.4. Workaround: "Edit > Paste" exists from the menubar.

Plus I'd WONTFIX this as context menus *are* for the context. In this time the context of one file. :)
Comment 3 Cosimo Cecchi 2011-09-08 16:13:35 UTC 
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 bug 94618 ***