We are somewhat trapped. It's a choice between using the old version of nautilus forever with bugs and incompatibilities, or the new version of nautilus without desktop support. Those are not good choices but they are all we have now. This is not a problem created by, or unique to Ubuntu.
Indeed comment #14 links to the *official* recommended workaround. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1813441 Title: Can no longer drag and drop files between desktop and applications To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/+bug/1813441/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
