Ubuntu
gtk+3.0 package

dragging file with middle mouse button doesn't show "Copy/Move/Link" context menu

Bug #1635803 reported by BronsonMathews
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GTK+
New
Unknown
gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

middle mouse a file, drag and drop it used to bring out a copy, move, etc dialog. This is now missing in 16.10.
Can we please have this back, and an option to make the shortcut using rightclick + drag would be an improvement also.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.20.3-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-26.28-generic 4.8.0
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Oct 22 19:14:18 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-14 (8 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_nautilus: gnome-terminal 3.20.2-1ubuntu5

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BronsonMathews (bronsonmathews) wrote :
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Julien (jlab) wrote :

Hello,
Same problem for me after update to 16.10.
Menu still available with alt+left click drag. But getting the menu without using the keyboard is very useful and not more possible.
I hope this will be corrected.

I'm using Ubuntu Gnome Yakkety Yak 64 bits.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report, that has been reported upstream on https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772797

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in nautilus:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in nautilus:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The issue is a gtk one, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/1512

affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) → gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu)
summary: - middle mouse shortcut broken
+ ragging file with middle mouse button doesn't show "Copy/Move/Link"
+ context menu
summary: - ragging file with middle mouse button doesn't show "Copy/Move/Link"
+ dragging file with middle mouse button doesn't show "Copy/Move/Link"
context menu
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OzzyFrank (ubuntu-ozzyfrank) wrote :

Upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to 20.04 with Nautilus/"Files" 3.36.3-stable and there is no middle-click drag context menu. I see this has been an issue for a while now, so I'm hoping this isn't *yet another* useful feature Nautilus/Gnome developers have taken out for reasons most of us can't fathom, but people are still looking at this as a bug, so I'm just confirming it is still an issue in 20.04.1 LTS.

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
affects: nautilus → gtk
Changed in gtk:
importance: Medium → Unknown
status: Invalid → Unknown
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gtk:
status: Unknown → New
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