Questions tagged [drag-and-drop]
Questions about selecting file and holding down the mouse button, dragging it to another part of the screen, then letting go of the button (dropping it).
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How to make a RELATIVE symlink with Nautilus
I am glad that relative symlinks are possible in Linux, namely ln -s -r linked/directory linkingfile, but it is taking me quite a long time on terminal to do the job of relative linking many files.
I ...
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Dragging and dropping across full screen applications in Gnome in 20.04
I remember that before upgrading from 16.04 to 20.04 I used to be able to drag and drop across applications that are each in full screen, by using the application switching mechanism (Alt-tabbing), or ...
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How to activate touchpad Drag Lock on Wayland on 20.10?
I'd like some leeway to reposition my finger during a drag-and-drop with my touchpad, but the solutions I find all mention either synclient which is not installed by default and I assume is not ...
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Is there a way I can drag and drop files to applications in the dock using Gnome desktop environment?
I am using the Gnome desktop environment and I see that it is lacking a lot of features that I think are not so hard to implement. One of these features is the ability to drag and drop files to ...
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Files (Nautilus) in 19.10 - drag-n-drop on desktop doesn't work
If I insert a flash drive and try to drag any files onto desktop - nothing happens.
Or from any other folder.
Drag 'n copy only works if you open desktop in nautilus ("show desktop in files").
I ...
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Drag and Drop across (fullscreen) applications, switching via Alt-Tab
Example
Drag media file onto Totem's playlist to enqueue
Bug in Compiz
Especially for Unity (formerly Netbook Edition, being intended for small screens) this is quite a vital feature, as ...
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Drag and drop NOT working with Gmail in Firefox, on Ubuntu 18.04
Dragging and dropping files in Gmail is not working in Ubuntu 18.04 and Mozilla Firefox.
I trap the file, drag it to the mail box (drop your file here) and nothing happens (The image of the file ...
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Glitches when trying to updating the "gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons"
So, a new version of "gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons" has came out with features that i want, like being able to drag files with your mouse into your browser. But when i've installed ...
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Drag and drop not working, desktop and Thunderbird (Ubuntu 20.04.01) [duplicate]
The point es very simple: in Ubuntu 20.04.01 Drag and drop is not working either in desktop and Thunderbird.
Is there a way I can fixing this?
besides this, it's very cool!
Thanks!
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Upgrade to 18.04 cannot click & drag a file from Nautilus
Basic function = click on a file & while pressing Shift key, drag to a new window (Nautilus/other app etc). Worked through all versions of Ubuntu until 18.04. Now only selects files instead of ...
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Create .url files when drag and drop from browser instead of .desktop
I used to drag-and-drop links from the browser in Windows to a folder to save them. That created files with extension .url, and the content is like:
[InternetShortcut]
URL=https://askubuntu.com/
When ...
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Selection box disappeared on Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
When I use my mouse to select multiple items on Files, I see no drag-box.
But, I see an orange drag-box on my desktop when I do the same (which I would like to change to blue, but that's another ...
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Multiple item drag'n'drop on Desktop, with mouse, doesn't work [duplicate]
On Ubuntu 20.04, when I select multiple files on Desktop and move them (either moving icons around on desktop, or moving multiple files to Trash), only the item over which mouse is residing gets moved,...
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Drag and drop file from desktop to a folder [duplicate]
I tried to drag and drop a file from desktop to an opened folder (not to the folder icon), but it doesn't work. How can i fix it?
Thank you in advance.
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How do I drag and drop between two Files (Nautilus) windows when using Wayland on Ubuntu 20.04
I have switched to using Wayland on Ubuntu 20.04 because the unresolved copy and paste bug in Mutter made Libre Office Calc unusable for me.
When I open two folders side by side using Files (Nautilus)...
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Are these desktop features or are they bugs? [duplicate]
Since updating to 20.04 LTS I've noticed some differences in desktop functionality compared to 18.04 LTS. Here are a few:
Can't drag and drop a file from the desktop to anywhere else.
Drag and drop ...
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Drag Lock not working on fresh 20.04 install
This is a Dell Inspiron 15 7559 from 2016 which came preinstalled with Ubuntu at the time. I had later been running 16.04 for the past 4 years without a problem.
Yesterday, I did a fresh install (...
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Drag and drop not working inside Nautilus on Ubuntu 17.10
I'm having a strange problem on Ubuntu 17.10: when I try to drag and drop something inside Nautilus it simply doesn't work, it doesn't even select the item, it seems like it's ignoring the action...
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Ubuntu 19.10 with Kubuntu issue
Ah couple of weeks ago I installed kubuntu-desktop along side gnome-desktop, but then I remove Kubuntu completely again, but since then the kubuntu logo shows up when I turn off and on the computer, ...
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Drag to custom trash
So, I made this custom trash can. I want to be able to drag-and-drop files to put them in the trash folder. This is my desktop file:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Trash
Comment=Trash
Icon=...
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Ubuntu VM (18.04) Unable to Copy/Drag from Guest to Host
I've tried every option / package install that I was able to find on stackexchange / google. Nothing has worked. I am able to copy paste text into the box, drag files from Windows 7 into Ubuntu, but I ...
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Can't Drag & Drop text to unity launcher (e.g. url's, highlighted text)
I'm trying to create a unity launcher icon (.dekstop file) on which you can drop any (selected/highlighted) text from a web browser, google chrome in my case.
I know you can use the "MimeType=" key ...
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Why does Drag&Drop from Engrampa (*.tar.gz content) to Thunar not work?
There's a tooltip when dragging (see the screenshot below) but at dropping it flies back to Engrampa and nothing is done: no unzip, no untar, no mkdir(s), no copy, no sudo password dialog, no info/...
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ubuntu 19.04 not able to create url shortcuts by drag/drop
It works on 18.04, but not on 19.04.
I am not able to drag and drop Chrome or Firefox url or bookmark to the folder or desktop.
When i drag drop to the folder i get the following error: "Drag and ...
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Can I drag and drop from Evince to Thunderbird?
Sometimes I want to attach a PDF to an email in Thunderbird. I can drag and drop from Nautilus to Thunderbird, but if I already have the PDF open in Evince, it's nice not to have to hunt down its ...
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Does Ubuntu 18.04 support drag and drop files to applications?
I need to open an .exe file by dragging and droping it onto anther .exe file but it just doesn't work. Is there a way to make it work? I already tried other file managers and also i tried an ...
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Ability to drag and drop files on Desktop to other apps
On 18.04 and 18.10 I was able to drag for example a file that was on the Desktop and drop it in the Telegram app, Google Drive and so on. Now on 19.04 it does not allow for drag and dropping of files ...
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How to drag file to the running, but minimized app on Ubuntu 18 Dock? [duplicate]
How can I drag file to the running application on Dock?
For example, I have running and minimized Chrome but I want to drag file to imgur or askubuntu topic for upload.
In Windows I just simply drag ...
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Ubuntu 18.04- it is possible to drag-drop workspaces to change their place?
Sometimes I have application that slide in an another workspaces, I don't know which command in particular I'm doing, but at end of the day I would replace my workspaces in the original wished ...
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Activities Overview Hot Corner and file drag on it (non-optimal location of window thumbnails)
I use Activities Overview Hot Corner to drag-n-drop files to background windows from nautilus window. But I don't understand why when i use Overview Hot Corner with clean mouse or with Super/Win ...
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How to enable cursor edge dragging (Drag and Drop) in Ubuntu 18.04?
While dragging I want to enable dragging on the edge of track pad (like in drag and drop).
I could not find a switch for it.
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How do I enable dragging files to applications minimised to Ubuntu Dock in 17.10?
I have upgraded to 17.10 but I am frustrated that I am unable to drag a file say, from Files to a text editor that is minimised. In older versions I was able to drag it to the sidebar, hover over the ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 drag-and-drop icons to sidebar fails to bring window to foreground [duplicate]
I've noticed another useful feature that used to exist in Ubuntu, but seems to have disappeared in the 18.04 upgrade.
If you drag an icon (e.g. a file or a web link) to the sidebar, so that the ...
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why in Nautilus the folder doesn't open up when I drag files to the folders in the left panel?
when I drag files to the left pane in Nautilus I'm expecting that when I'm over that folder "bookmark" to spring-open up so that I could eventually place the file in a sub-folder... but it's not ...
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Touchpad problem on Ubuntu 18.04
I have a laptop running Ubuntu 18.04 but the touchpad seems very sensitive. When I try to use touchpad after a couple of seconds the cursor drags down. It is almost like it remembers one touch from ...
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How can a file be dropped into a Wine window?
I'm trying to open a file in the program GXSCC. This program is designed to open files that are dropped into its window. How can I do this with the program running in Wine on Ubuntu? When I try to ...
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XFCE: Drag-and-drop pointer stuck on some windows
In some programs like SMPlayer and Clementine when dragging the window with the mouse (for example by accidentally clicking on the program window instead of the media progress bar), the mouse pointer ...
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File disappeared dragging it from Windows host to Ubuntu guest in VirtualBox
Today I encounter a problem when using VBox .What the concrete is that :
The version VBox I am using is Version 5.2.2 r119230 (Qt5.6.2)
The host machine is Windows 10 Education and the guest OS on ...
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drag'n drop from desktop --> mouse stuck in hand icon
This maybe related to 17.10: Drag-and-drop from folders to desktop always copies files : When I try to drag a file from the desktop to an open Nautilus window the cursor changes to the copy-cursor (a ...
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Unable to drag & drop files to Lubuntu 16.10 guest in VMware
I am new here in this community. I have a problem with dragging and dropping files from host to Lubuntu 16.10 guest OS in VMware Worstation 12. Both copy-paste and drag n' drop from guest to host ...
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Drag-and-dropping files not working in Ubuntu 17.10 [duplicate]
I recently upgraded to 17.10 from 16.10, and I'm experiencing an annoying problem:
I CAN'T drag and drop files. When I select files and then hold to drag, it behaves as though I'm re-selecting and ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 Display manager drag'n'drop broken
I have three displays, but I cannot rearrange displays in the display manager (Displays "app") because the drag'n'drop is not working. I see the drag symbol as cursor but displays will not move, which ...
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Drag and drop not working in 16.04 LTS
Drag-and-drop is not working under various contexts in 16.04 LTS on my machine. When I start dragging a file, "hand" icon appears, but then when I hover over another window,and release, nothing ...
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Often dragging the top of a window ends up expanding it [duplicate]
very often when I drag the top of windows such as a browser window to move it to another location, Ubuntu expands the window instead. This happens regardless I use an external mouse or a trackpad. Is ...
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Ubuntu 17 dock file drag
In Ubuntu 16, I was able to drag files to apps in the dock, but in Ubuntu 17.10, that's not working. Is there anyway to do this?
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How do I reorder buttons in the window-list (taskbar) via drag and drop?
I switched from GNOME2 to XFCE and miss the feature to re-arrange the window buttons in the taskbar (window list).
How can I make it working?
I use Xubuntu 12.10.
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17.10: Drag-and-drop from folders to desktop always copies files
since my upgrade to Ubuntu Desktop 17.10 all files moved with drag-and-drop from any folder to my desktop are copied but not moved.
Using strg+x and strg+v works. When i open the desktop as a folder ...
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16.04 LTS on Virtualbox - Drag/Drop from PC to Ubuntu Not Working
Setup:
Win10 on Dell 8900
Virtualbox - Latest version
Virtualbox Extensions - Latest version
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - All updates installed
Bidirectional Drag/Drop Enabled
I can drag files from Ubuntu to ...
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Mouse clicMouse click drags and only releases with a click of the left button (Intermittent)
So every couple days or so my external usb wireless mouse decides to start dragging things around. The only symptom is click and hold of the left mouse button. Motion works find as does using that ...
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How to make drag and drop work running Oracle VM VirtualBox
I have Ubuntu Server 16.04 amd64 running in Oracle VM Virtual Box 5.1.6.
I have installed the Guest Additions CD.
Installed open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop however drag and drop from host (...
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