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Sometimes, I can't drag and drop windows to other workspaces.

It always works when I just boot up my computer. After a while (most often days), it just stops working. I can't drag and drop anymore. I have to close the session and log in again to fix the issue.

I'm on Ubuntu 18.10 with GNOME Shell 3.30.2, but I remember having this problem with Ubuntu 18.04 too.

Here is a video that shows the problem: https://youtu.be/s1shbBFvt3o

Update: I just had this issue again with Ubuntu 19.04 and Gnome Shell 3.32.0.

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  • Can you still move windows between workspaces by right-clicking on the window title bar?
    – wazoox
    Commented Mar 15, 2019 at 15:59
  • Yes, that works.
    – Marc-François
    Commented Mar 17, 2019 at 13:53
  • Does closing an opening the session again solve the problem, or only a reboot?
    – wazoox
    Commented Mar 18, 2019 at 8:39
  • @wazoox Yes, closing the session fixes the issue. No need for a reboot.
    – Marc-François
    Commented Apr 21, 2019 at 12:57
  • OK so that's a window manager or desktop manager bug. Very hard to sort out...
    – wazoox
    Commented Apr 22, 2019 at 13:27

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Disabling dash to panel fixed it for me in Pop!_OS 20.04.

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This is a super late response so I'm not sure if it'll help you, but maybe someone else will stumble across this like I did.

I was experiencing the same bug on a new install of Ubuntu 19.04, what fixed it for me was disabling "Mouse Click Emulation" using the GNOME Tweaks application (which is just a nice front-end for fiddling with GNOME options and extensions, amongst other things). I didn't have to restart my system for the "fix" to work, but you might.

Here's a screenshot of where to find the setting in the Tweaks menu:

You can definitely do this without having to install the Tweaks app, but I don't know what the exact steps would be.

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  • Was really hoping this would work for me but no joy unfortunately.
    – Chris McCauley
    Commented Feb 6, 2020 at 12:04
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The same thing was in Ubuntu 20.04 with X11 and Ubuntu 22.04 with Wayland, and I still don't know how to fix this

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