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Bug 68821 - Can't drag and drop files at current directory when in List View
Can't drag and drop files at current directory when in List View
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Views: List View
1.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
: future
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on: 74974
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-01-16 01:15 UTC by André Couto
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description André Couto 2002-01-16 01:15:24 UTC 
I can't move (drag and drop) a file from the desktop to current directory
at Nautilus when I'm using the "View as List" view. This is because there
is no place to drop the file icon at the Nautilus interface.

I don't know exactly what was the best solution for that, but I've thought
about these solutions: 

    - The first is to create the . (and maybe the ..) "folder" (directory)
at the begining of every "folder" when using "View as List".

    - The second is to use the icon representing the current folder at the
left frame of the Nautilus window. Then if I drag a file from the desktop
and drop it at the icon I am moving it to the current "folder".
Comment 1 John Fleck 2002-01-17 04:20:45 UTC 
I echo this problem. You can drag on top of a file and it'll work, but
if the only thing that is visible is folders, your file ends up
disappearing into one of those.
Comment 2 Dave Bordoley [Not Reading Bug Mail] 2002-05-29 06:49:53 UTC 
This problem is totally theoretical right now, since drag and drop
doesn't work at all in the newly implemented list view. It is a
concern though.
Comment 3 Dave Bordoley [Not Reading Bug Mail] 2002-05-29 06:51:13 UTC 
Actually an obvious fix to this problem is to make the list view macos
list view like so that files can be dragged into the root folders.
Comment 4 Dave Camp 2002-07-25 21:06:47 UTC 
With the drag destination code I just checked in, you can drag to the
headers in the list view to drop on the current directory (it's pretty
clear, with nice feedback and stuff) so I'm going to mark this FIXED.
Comment 5 Dave Camp 2002-07-25 21:07:47 UTC 
(to clarify, you also drop in the current directory if you drop on
empty space or on a file that can't be dropped onto)