GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 598085
drag and drop behavior problem
Last modified: 2020-11-07 12:37:15 UTC
I'm not sure this belongs here but I will submit it anyway... DND (drag and drop) is supposed to work for moving objects within the same window or to other windows. This bug only occurs when applied to different windows. Steps to reproduce: 1. Open two gtk windows (ie. nautilus). One window should be maximized and the other should not. 2. Get focus to the maximized nautilus. After that get focus of the other one. So unmaximized should be now focused and maximize should be seen from background. 3. Try to drag and drop a file from maximized to the other. Actual Results: Maximized window gets focus, other window disappears from the view, makes DND action difficult to achieve. Expected Results: Ability drag and drop. I think the problem is, DND should not make a window focused because it isn't for selecting something.
That's completely up to your settings and neither a gtk bug nor a bug.
Created attachment 147277 [details] First and second steps of bug
Created attachment 147278 [details] third step
I don't think you understand the bug. And I reproduced it in a fresh install. I attached screenshots and re-opening bug.
Yes, I did understand it, and there is still no bug. If you click a window it receives the focus. That's how it works.
If you try to do it on a windows or mac os, you will see that how it should be. Again, I'm not clicking for selecting it, I just want to move it. Yes, dragging contains clicking also. But there shouldn't be a focus event or there should be an interval before focus. And if it's not a drag event, just a click event, of course window should get focused.
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