Now I can reproduce with 3.24.1-0ubuntu4 -- 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/1690407
Title: Dragging icons on desktop pulls a part of background as well (Artful) Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I am reporting this for artful but it is present for all nautilus >=3.18. Issue : ------- While dragging icons on desktop it pulls part of desktop as well. http://i.imgur.com/lr0KQps.png Possible Reason: ---------------- See Mate issue here: https://github.com/mate-desktop/caja/issues/575 Upstream bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768415 From that issue, "Beginning with the various GdkDrawingContext changes to GTK during the 3.21.2 cycle, the desktop background in Caja/Nautilus/Nemo has become "persistant" with a failure to redraw and "erase" when any icon is moved. Possible Related Commit: ------------------------ 1) https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?id=2c7b21718f18ab743cd79784ae28cad582f58503 2) https://github.com/GNOME/nautilus/commit/6d6bf1e7c6049b4bd300ae1d90833a8b5fcf30c4 3) https://github.com/GNOME/nautilus/commit/f0f36c876e4810b190a82e3a953d9263c106447f How mate fixed it: ------------------ 1) Patching msd: https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-settings-daemon/pull/157 2) Patching caja: https://github.com/mate-desktop/caja/pull/602 While it may not present a problem for shell (as shell will draw the desktop and nautilus will draw the icons on it), it is still a issue for any non mutter session. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1690407/+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