Drag and drop not working inside Nautilus on Ubuntu 17.10
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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...
Also, I cannot select things inside nautilus by drawing rectangles with the mouse.
All of these actions work only on the Desktop. Here is a demo:
I'm using the Xorg session with nVidia proprietary drivers.
I also noticed that Nautilus seems to hang when I try to copy, paste or cut a file...
EDIT 1: I solved the problem for the slow copy/paste by disabling the clipboard sync plugin of KDEConnect.
I also discovered that if I open Nautilus as root, I can drag and drop or select whatever I want...
gnome nautilus 17.10 drag-and-drop
asked Nov 5 '17 at 9:16
Matteo Iervasi
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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...
Also, I cannot select things inside nautilus by drawing rectangles with the mouse.
All of these actions work only on the Desktop. Here is a demo:
I'm using the Xorg session with nVidia proprietary drivers.
I also noticed that Nautilus seems to hang when I try to copy, paste or cut a file...
EDIT 1: I solved the problem for the slow copy/paste by disabling the clipboard sync plugin of KDEConnect.
I also discovered that if I open Nautilus as root, I can drag and drop or select whatever I want...
gnome nautilus 17.10 drag-and-drop
asked Nov 5 '17 at 9:16
Matteo Iervasi
363210
I knew that, but here I'm already using Xorg (also because I have to use nvidia drivers)
– Matteo Iervasi
Nov 5 '17 at 11:54
Ok so now I've solved the copy/paste hanging by disabling clipboard sync on MConnect. But the problem of drag and drop still persist
– Matteo Iervasi
Nov 11 '17 at 13:26
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up vote
22
down vote
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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...
Also, I cannot select things inside nautilus by drawing rectangles with the mouse.
All of these actions work only on the Desktop. Here is a demo:
I'm using the Xorg session with nVidia proprietary drivers.
I also noticed that Nautilus seems to hang when I try to copy, paste or cut a file...
EDIT 1: I solved the problem for the slow copy/paste by disabling the clipboard sync plugin of KDEConnect.
I also discovered that if I open Nautilus as root, I can drag and drop or select whatever I want...
gnome nautilus 17.10 drag-and-drop
asked Nov 5 '17 at 9:16
Matteo Iervasi
363210
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...
Also, I cannot select things inside nautilus by drawing rectangles with the mouse.
All of these actions work only on the Desktop. Here is a demo:
I'm using the Xorg session with nVidia proprietary drivers.
I also noticed that Nautilus seems to hang when I try to copy, paste or cut a file...
EDIT 1: I solved the problem for the slow copy/paste by disabling the clipboard sync plugin of KDEConnect.
I also discovered that if I open Nautilus as root, I can drag and drop or select whatever I want...
gnome nautilus 17.10 drag-and-drop
gnome nautilus 17.10 drag-and-drop
asked Nov 5 '17 at 9:16
Matteo Iervasi
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asked Nov 5 '17 at 9:16
Matteo Iervasi
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edited Nov 11 '17 at 14:08
asked Nov 5 '17 at 9:16
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asked Nov 5 '17 at 9:16
Matteo Iervasi
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I knew that, but here I'm already using Xorg (also because I have to use nvidia drivers)
– Matteo Iervasi
Nov 5 '17 at 11:54
Ok so now I've solved the copy/paste hanging by disabling clipboard sync on MConnect. But the problem of drag and drop still persist
– Matteo Iervasi
Nov 11 '17 at 13:26
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I knew that, but here I'm already using Xorg (also because I have to use nvidia drivers)
– Matteo Iervasi
Nov 5 '17 at 11:54
Ok so now I've solved the copy/paste hanging by disabling clipboard sync on MConnect. But the problem of drag and drop still persist
– Matteo Iervasi
Nov 11 '17 at 13:26
I knew that, but here I'm already using Xorg (also because I have to use nvidia drivers)
– Matteo Iervasi
Nov 5 '17 at 11:54
I knew that, but here I'm already using Xorg (also because I have to use nvidia drivers)
– Matteo Iervasi
Nov 5 '17 at 11:54
Ok so now I've solved the copy/paste hanging by disabling clipboard sync on MConnect. But the problem of drag and drop still persist
– Matteo Iervasi
Nov 11 '17 at 13:26
Ok so now I've solved the copy/paste hanging by disabling clipboard sync on MConnect. But the problem of drag and drop still persist
– Matteo Iervasi
Nov 11 '17 at 13:26
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As Matteo pointed out himself this happens if the Nautilus Flowbox View is enabled. To disable it open a terminal and execute the following:
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences use-experimental-views false
Of course you can use the dconf-Editor as well and follow the path above to toggle the setting.
edited Mar 17 at 20:27
neun24
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answered Nov 29 '17 at 12:10
S. Maker
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This works in Ubuntu 18 as well.
– Ganesh Krishnan
Jan 15 at 6:47
1
Thanks a lot. It's really stupid to invent some 'experimental view' at the cost of losing the drag feature. Finally understand why nautilus suchs so much.
– funicorn
Jan 17 at 8:30
Its false but still doesn't works!
– Nikhil
Jul 9 at 9:16
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up vote
15
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It seems I found the culprit: it's the Nautilus flowbox view!
I enabled it because I like the automatic streching, but it seems it's disabling the drag and drop and select option.
So for now I disabled it
answered Nov 11 '17 at 14:20
Matteo Iervasi
363210
4
Thanks - this worked for me. Which genius decided to make the decades-old drag-and-drop paradigm obsolete?
– Jack Wasey
Nov 28 '17 at 18:00
how to disable the Nautilus flowbox view?
– Nikhil
Jun 9 at 8:41
Just uncheck the "Experimental view" from the settings, or use the command of user S. Maker
– Matteo Iervasi
Jun 11 at 8:12
Its false but still doesn't works!
– Nikhil
Jul 9 at 9:40
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
You can toggle list view mode, and drag'n'drop will work as expected.
Click the button besides the search button, at the top right corner of the window, next to the window controls:
thumbnails view
Now you can drag'n'drop.
You can also use Ctrl + mouse wheel to enlarge file/folder thumbnails.
Hope that helps :)
answered May 30 at 5:05
Haitham Sweilem
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3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
37
down vote
accepted
As Matteo pointed out himself this happens if the Nautilus Flowbox View is enabled. To disable it open a terminal and execute the following:
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences use-experimental-views false
Of course you can use the dconf-Editor as well and follow the path above to toggle the setting.
edited Mar 17 at 20:27
neun24
148110
answered Nov 29 '17 at 12:10
S. Maker
386112
6
This works in Ubuntu 18 as well.
– Ganesh Krishnan
Jan 15 at 6:47
1
Thanks a lot. It's really stupid to invent some 'experimental view' at the cost of losing the drag feature. Finally understand why nautilus suchs so much.
– funicorn
Jan 17 at 8:30
Its false but still doesn't works!
– Nikhil
Jul 9 at 9:16
add a comment |Â
up vote
37
down vote
accepted
As Matteo pointed out himself this happens if the Nautilus Flowbox View is enabled. To disable it open a terminal and execute the following:
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences use-experimental-views false
Of course you can use the dconf-Editor as well and follow the path above to toggle the setting.
edited Mar 17 at 20:27
neun24
148110
answered Nov 29 '17 at 12:10
S. Maker
386112
6
This works in Ubuntu 18 as well.
– Ganesh Krishnan
Jan 15 at 6:47
1
Thanks a lot. It's really stupid to invent some 'experimental view' at the cost of losing the drag feature. Finally understand why nautilus suchs so much.
– funicorn
Jan 17 at 8:30
Its false but still doesn't works!
– Nikhil
Jul 9 at 9:16
add a comment |Â
up vote
37
down vote
accepted
up vote
37
down vote
accepted
As Matteo pointed out himself this happens if the Nautilus Flowbox View is enabled. To disable it open a terminal and execute the following:
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences use-experimental-views false
Of course you can use the dconf-Editor as well and follow the path above to toggle the setting.
edited Mar 17 at 20:27
neun24
148110
answered Nov 29 '17 at 12:10
S. Maker
386112
As Matteo pointed out himself this happens if the Nautilus Flowbox View is enabled. To disable it open a terminal and execute the following:
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences use-experimental-views false
Of course you can use the dconf-Editor as well and follow the path above to toggle the setting.
edited Mar 17 at 20:27
neun24
148110
answered Nov 29 '17 at 12:10
S. Maker
386112
edited Mar 17 at 20:27
neun24
148110
edited Mar 17 at 20:27
neun24
148110
edited Mar 17 at 20:27
neun24
148110
148110
answered Nov 29 '17 at 12:10
S. Maker
386112
answered Nov 29 '17 at 12:10
S. Maker
386112
answered Nov 29 '17 at 12:10
S. Maker
386112
386112
6
This works in Ubuntu 18 as well.
– Ganesh Krishnan
Jan 15 at 6:47
1
Thanks a lot. It's really stupid to invent some 'experimental view' at the cost of losing the drag feature. Finally understand why nautilus suchs so much.
– funicorn
Jan 17 at 8:30
Its false but still doesn't works!
– Nikhil
Jul 9 at 9:16
add a comment |Â
6
This works in Ubuntu 18 as well.
– Ganesh Krishnan
Jan 15 at 6:47
1
Thanks a lot. It's really stupid to invent some 'experimental view' at the cost of losing the drag feature. Finally understand why nautilus suchs so much.
– funicorn
Jan 17 at 8:30
Its false but still doesn't works!
– Nikhil
Jul 9 at 9:16
6
6
This works in Ubuntu 18 as well.
– Ganesh Krishnan
Jan 15 at 6:47
This works in Ubuntu 18 as well.
– Ganesh Krishnan
Jan 15 at 6:47
1
1
Thanks a lot. It's really stupid to invent some 'experimental view' at the cost of losing the drag feature. Finally understand why nautilus suchs so much.
– funicorn
Jan 17 at 8:30
Thanks a lot. It's really stupid to invent some 'experimental view' at the cost of losing the drag feature. Finally understand why nautilus suchs so much.
– funicorn
Jan 17 at 8:30
Its false but still doesn't works!
– Nikhil
Jul 9 at 9:16
Its false but still doesn't works!
– Nikhil
Jul 9 at 9:16
add a comment |Â
up vote
15
down vote
It seems I found the culprit: it's the Nautilus flowbox view!
I enabled it because I like the automatic streching, but it seems it's disabling the drag and drop and select option.
So for now I disabled it
answered Nov 11 '17 at 14:20
Matteo Iervasi
363210
4
Thanks - this worked for me. Which genius decided to make the decades-old drag-and-drop paradigm obsolete?
– Jack Wasey
Nov 28 '17 at 18:00
how to disable the Nautilus flowbox view?
– Nikhil
Jun 9 at 8:41
Just uncheck the "Experimental view" from the settings, or use the command of user S. Maker
– Matteo Iervasi
Jun 11 at 8:12
Its false but still doesn't works!
– Nikhil
Jul 9 at 9:40
add a comment |Â
up vote
15
down vote
It seems I found the culprit: it's the Nautilus flowbox view!
I enabled it because I like the automatic streching, but it seems it's disabling the drag and drop and select option.
So for now I disabled it
answered Nov 11 '17 at 14:20
Matteo Iervasi
363210
4
Thanks - this worked for me. Which genius decided to make the decades-old drag-and-drop paradigm obsolete?
– Jack Wasey
Nov 28 '17 at 18:00
how to disable the Nautilus flowbox view?
– Nikhil
Jun 9 at 8:41
Just uncheck the "Experimental view" from the settings, or use the command of user S. Maker
– Matteo Iervasi
Jun 11 at 8:12
Its false but still doesn't works!
– Nikhil
Jul 9 at 9:40
add a comment |Â
up vote
15
down vote
up vote
15
down vote
It seems I found the culprit: it's the Nautilus flowbox view!
I enabled it because I like the automatic streching, but it seems it's disabling the drag and drop and select option.
So for now I disabled it
answered Nov 11 '17 at 14:20
Matteo Iervasi
363210
It seems I found the culprit: it's the Nautilus flowbox view!
I enabled it because I like the automatic streching, but it seems it's disabling the drag and drop and select option.
So for now I disabled it
answered Nov 11 '17 at 14:20
Matteo Iervasi
363210
answered Nov 11 '17 at 14:20
Matteo Iervasi
363210
answered Nov 11 '17 at 14:20
Matteo Iervasi
363210
answered Nov 11 '17 at 14:20
Matteo Iervasi
363210
363210
4
Thanks - this worked for me. Which genius decided to make the decades-old drag-and-drop paradigm obsolete?
– Jack Wasey
Nov 28 '17 at 18:00
how to disable the Nautilus flowbox view?
– Nikhil
Jun 9 at 8:41
Just uncheck the "Experimental view" from the settings, or use the command of user S. Maker
– Matteo Iervasi
Jun 11 at 8:12
Its false but still doesn't works!
– Nikhil
Jul 9 at 9:40
add a comment |Â
4
Thanks - this worked for me. Which genius decided to make the decades-old drag-and-drop paradigm obsolete?
– Jack Wasey
Nov 28 '17 at 18:00
how to disable the Nautilus flowbox view?
– Nikhil
Jun 9 at 8:41
Just uncheck the "Experimental view" from the settings, or use the command of user S. Maker
– Matteo Iervasi
Jun 11 at 8:12
Its false but still doesn't works!
– Nikhil
Jul 9 at 9:40
4
4
Thanks - this worked for me. Which genius decided to make the decades-old drag-and-drop paradigm obsolete?
– Jack Wasey
Nov 28 '17 at 18:00
Thanks - this worked for me. Which genius decided to make the decades-old drag-and-drop paradigm obsolete?
– Jack Wasey
Nov 28 '17 at 18:00
how to disable the Nautilus flowbox view?
– Nikhil
Jun 9 at 8:41
how to disable the Nautilus flowbox view?
– Nikhil
Jun 9 at 8:41
Just uncheck the "Experimental view" from the settings, or use the command of user S. Maker
– Matteo Iervasi
Jun 11 at 8:12
Just uncheck the "Experimental view" from the settings, or use the command of user S. Maker
– Matteo Iervasi
Jun 11 at 8:12
Its false but still doesn't works!
– Nikhil
Jul 9 at 9:40
Its false but still doesn't works!
– Nikhil
Jul 9 at 9:40
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
You can toggle list view mode, and drag'n'drop will work as expected.
Click the button besides the search button, at the top right corner of the window, next to the window controls:
thumbnails view
Now you can drag'n'drop.
You can also use Ctrl + mouse wheel to enlarge file/folder thumbnails.
Hope that helps :)
answered May 30 at 5:05
Haitham Sweilem
1413
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
You can toggle list view mode, and drag'n'drop will work as expected.
Click the button besides the search button, at the top right corner of the window, next to the window controls:
thumbnails view
Now you can drag'n'drop.
You can also use Ctrl + mouse wheel to enlarge file/folder thumbnails.
Hope that helps :)
answered May 30 at 5:05
Haitham Sweilem
1413
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
up vote
4
down vote
You can toggle list view mode, and drag'n'drop will work as expected.
Click the button besides the search button, at the top right corner of the window, next to the window controls:
thumbnails view
Now you can drag'n'drop.
You can also use Ctrl + mouse wheel to enlarge file/folder thumbnails.
Hope that helps :)
answered May 30 at 5:05
Haitham Sweilem
1413
You can toggle list view mode, and drag'n'drop will work as expected.
Click the button besides the search button, at the top right corner of the window, next to the window controls:
thumbnails view
Now you can drag'n'drop.
You can also use Ctrl + mouse wheel to enlarge file/folder thumbnails.
Hope that helps :)
answered May 30 at 5:05
Haitham Sweilem
1413
answered May 30 at 5:05
Haitham Sweilem
1413
answered May 30 at 5:05
Haitham Sweilem
1413
answered May 30 at 5:05
Haitham Sweilem
1413
1413
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add a comment |Â
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I knew that, but here I'm already using Xorg (also because I have to use nvidia drivers)
– Matteo Iervasi
Nov 5 '17 at 11:54
Ok so now I've solved the copy/paste hanging by disabling clipboard sync on MConnect. But the problem of drag and drop still persist
– Matteo Iervasi
Nov 11 '17 at 13:26