[Bug 39482] Re: nautilus tries to move when dragging and dropping from read-only folders, instead of copying

Simon Law sfllaw at ubuntu.com
Fri Apr 28 16:39:39 UTC 2006


Reproduction steps:

1. cd ~
2. mkdir readonly
3. touch readonly/sfllaw
4. chmod 0500 readonly
5. Open Places > Home Folder
6. Find readonly, which should have a locked tag on it.
7. Double-click readonly.
8. Left-drag sfllaw to your Home Folder.

Expected result:
1. Dragging produces a copy mouse cursor.
2. Letting go causes a copy of sfllaw to be created in Home
Folder.

Actual result:
1. Dragging produces a move mouse cursor.
2. An error dialog pops up saying:

Error while moving.
"/home/sflla...only/sfllaw" cannot be moved because you
do not have permissions to change it or its parent folder.
                                           Cancel        Retry

** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
       Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed

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nautilus tries to move when dragging and dropping from read-only folders, instead of copying
https://launchpad.net/bugs/39482




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