How this this bug low priority for a LTS release!!! This should be basic desktop function. Grab title bar from firefox, drag to deskto to create shortcut, then unable to move the icon and receive errors and extra files created when moving. Just like mentioned above.
Ubuntu 14.04.1LTS 64bit, fresh install with VirtualBox, Citrix Reciever, chrome installed (but haven't even launched chome yet). Firefox 32. -- 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/1278437 Title: can't move link type .desktop files around on desktop Status in Nautilus: New Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: If I have a .desktop file with Type=Link on my desktop and try to move it around it doesn't stay where I drop it but goes back where it was before and tries to download the URL it is referring to instead. Save the following as e.g. test.desktop in your ~/Desktop folder and try to move it around on the desktop: [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Link Name=test URL=https://launchpad.net/index.html This affects at least 13.10 and 14.04. In 13.10 Nautilus crashes if the URL as a file:// URL referring to a file on your desktop. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-7.26-generic 3.13.1 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-7-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Feb 10 14:06:24 2014 GsettingsChanges: InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (122 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta i386 (20130925.1) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/zsh SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-12-07 (64 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1278437/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
