14.04 LTS- Where is the code for the drag and drop? If you drag and drop an URL from a browser to quickly make a shortcut it automatically makes a text file. However, you can make the URL an app shortcut on the desktop from the file menu. Seems like the behavior can be altered depending on where you are dragging text from; same as dragging an app from a folder to the desktop.
Seems also that if you drag an application from the desktop to the launcher it would turn into an launcher item. (a confirmation message in between... or not) ... if only I were a bit smarter -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1241972 Title: Drag and drop from Dash to Desktop doesn't work Status in One Hundred Papercuts: New Status in Unity: Triaged Status in Unity 7.1 series: Triaged Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When you try to drag and drop an app from Dash (both from app lens and home lens) to Desktop, system display an error and the shortcut isn't created. The error is: Error while copying - There was an error getting information about "/". More details: The specified location is not supported Then there are four buttons: "Cancel" - "Skip all" - "Skip" - "Retry". Way to reproduce: - Open the dash - Drag an app icon and drop on desktop What happend: - An error is raised What expected: - A shortcut is created With file, music and photo is all ok. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/1241972/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
