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Bug 627379 - Nautilus moves files without asking
Nautilus moves files without asking
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 167501
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
2.28.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-08-19 15:53 UTC by Franz Holzinger
Modified: 2010-08-20 21:37 UTC
See Also:
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Description Franz Holzinger 2010-08-19 15:53:11 UTC 
I click on a folder. Then I do not pay attention that I have moved the mouse
and unclicked the left mouse button. The folder is now moved into a another
folder. So it becomes a subfolder of the second folder. It happens easily to
not be aware of this.

Nautilus should ask me always before a folder is moved with all files inside of
it. Otherwise it is hard to recognize that a folder has been moved unintentionally.

See
https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=60690
Comment 1 Cosimo Cecchi 2010-08-20 10:25:42 UTC 
This isn't really a bug, but probably an undo framework could take care of these cases. Closing as a duplicate of bug 167501.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 167501 ***
Comment 2 Franz Holzinger 2010-08-20 21:37:29 UTC 
No, an undo would not help if you did not get aware of the fact, that the folder has been moved.

Just imagine that you click with the mouse on a folder. Then you wanted to move the mouse cursor and did not notice that you have still clicked and unclicked the mouse button. Then the folder will be moved and hidden inside of the other folder.

You should at least show a information message box. Only then an Undo feature makes sense.