I am facing this issue in 14.04 and also in 16.04. Thanks to breezer(jgbreezer)'s comment. Whenever I face this issue, I am running this command to fix it.
"pkill nautilus" Source: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rapidsvn/+bug/402892/comments/12 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402892 Title: Mouse cursor gets stuck in "drag and drop" mode To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rapidsvn/+bug/402892/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs