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Bug 648537 - Drag a file to a favourite app
Drag a file to a favourite app
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 644422
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on: 666464
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-04-24 01:04 UTC by David Prieto
Modified: 2013-06-17 09:07 UTC
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Description David Prieto 2011-04-24 01:04:21 UTC 
When you click a file from the Activities overlay, it opens in the default app. When you have a favourite app, I'd like to be able to drag a file to its icon in order to use that app to open the file.
Comment 1 Máirín Duffy 2012-08-02 18:04:29 UTC 
Related bugs:

601008: recent items should open in the application they were last used in

644422: no drop target on dash launchers (you could argue that this bug is a dupe of 644422)
Comment 2 Florian Müllner 2013-06-17 09:07:28 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 644422 ***