Forwarding a head-scratcher problem that has come up here:
1.) Set the "Files" app to display details instead of icons. 2.) Mark a file (e.g. in 2nd "Files" window) with either "Cut" or "Copy". 3.) Open a directory that contains many files. 4.) Try to to paste the cut/copied file into that crowded directory.
=> There is no free space in the directory view where to get "Paste" in the context menu. Everywhere one clicks it opens the context menu of either an existant file or a directory. Even making the window larger doesn't help.
Where to find a "Paste" method then to activate with the mouse?
As I still use Midnight Commander, I found that problem puzzling.
On the contrary, if switching back to display directory contents as icons (no matter whether large or small icons), there is enough free space between the icons, and at the right border of the window too, where to get the context menu for "Paste" into current dir.
On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Michael Schwendt mschwendt@gmail.com wrote:
Forwarding a head-scratcher problem that has come up here:
1.) Set the "Files" app to display details instead of icons. 2.) Mark a file (e.g. in 2nd "Files" window) with either "Cut" or "Copy". 3.) Open a directory that contains many files. 4.) Try to to paste the cut/copied file into that crowded directory.
You could avoid this problem by selecting "Move to ..." or "Copy to ..." in step (2).
On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 23:03:58 +0100, Florian Müllner wrote:
You could avoid this problem by selecting "Move to ..." or "Copy to ..." in step (2).
Which makes working with two windows/tabs less convenient (it no longer is drag'n'drop either). Oh, and one must navigate to the target dir again instead of using the already open 2nd window/tab.
On Mon, 2015-12-14 at 23:23 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote:
Which makes working with two windows/tabs less convenient (it no longer is drag'n'drop either). Oh, and one must navigate to the target dir again instead of using the already open 2nd window/tab.
Yeah, Florian's solution is a workaround to help you out, not a fix. It would be good to do a quick search for this issue on GNOME Bugzilla and report a bug if you don't find one.
Michael
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