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Bug 690138 - Can't copy files from Recent view
Can't copy files from Recent view
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Cut Copy Paste Undo
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-12-13 04:08 UTC by Jeremy Bicha
Modified: 2013-04-04 20:48 UTC
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Description Jeremy Bicha 2012-12-13 04:08:46 UTC 
Nautilus 3.6.3 on Ubuntu 13.04 Alpha amd64

1. Open 'Files'
2. Click Recent in the sidebar on the left
3. Right-click on a file

'Copy' is greyed out and can't be selected. Ctrl+C doesn't work either.

Also, 'Copy to' isn't in the right-click menu but probably should be.

See bug 686068 where 'Rename' is missing from Recent.
Comment 1 Michael Wood 2013-04-03 18:33:08 UTC 
It does seem like you can ctrl+x a file for cut in recent which makes the lack of copy seem odd.

Is it intended to be this way round?
Comment 2 Cosimo Cecchi 2013-04-03 22:14:05 UTC 
Indeed, that was not intended. I pushed a fix for this to git master now, thanks!
Comment 3 Michael Wood 2013-04-04 10:27:29 UTC 
could you help us understand the rational for disabling the copy/cut options, as it's come up as a downstream bug. Thanks
Comment 4 Cosimo Cecchi 2013-04-04 20:48:41 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> could you help us understand the rational for disabling the copy/cut options,
> as it's come up as a downstream bug. Thanks

Copy was disabled by mistake. Cut doesn't make sense, as Recent is a "virtual aggregator", not a directory. It would be weird if cutting a file from there would remove it from another directory you're not aware of.