Do you mean that pressing "esc" is supposed to cancel a drag in Nautilus 3.3.90-ubuntu2?
For me, it's quite straight-forward: I start a drag using the left mouse click, then I press the "ESC" key (with le left mouse button still pressed), and the drag doesn't stop. -- 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/938605 Title: No way to cancel a drag in Nautilus Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: In Nautilus, when you start dragging a file or folder, there is no way to cancel it. It seems that, some time ago, the ESC key could be used for that, but that doesn't work with current Nautilus. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.3.90-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic-pae 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.92-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Feb 22 13:12:43 2012 GsettingsChanges: org.gnome.nautilus.window-state geometry '1036x609+0+109' org.gnome.nautilus.window-state sidebar-width 296 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-09-23 (152 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/938605/+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

