GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 672845
Focus problem with Drag and drop
Last modified: 2021-07-05 13:50:51 UTC
Hello, I'm trying to drag a file from Nautilus to Totem(or any other player), the expected behavior(my expectations) is when I click and hold on a file or a set of files with Totem being in the foreground, Totem should stay in the foreground which lets me get the files and drop them in Totem without losing focus. The current behavior is a little different and annoying. Since Totem's window size is smaller than Nautilus', it jumps to the background as soon as I try to drag the files from Nautilus, making it hard(impossible) for me to find the window; then I would have to go all the way to the Overview(with the files still "attached" to the cursor and find Totem to drop them, or just rearrange the windows and try again. Which is extra work. Sadly, both Compiz and Mutter have that problem by default, although, Compiz lets you fix it from CCSM. But if you try this on something as old as Windows XP, you will be able to that pretty easily. Can you make drag and drop a little easier, please?
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