Yup, under 17.10 dragging a file from the desktop onto Nautilus hangs cursor, need to pkill Nautilus after that.
-- 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/1704765 Title: can't drag file from desktop to folder window on Artful Status in Nautilus: Confirmed Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I'm running Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful). If I create a text file on my desktop and then attempt to drag it into a Nautilus folder window, it fails: when I release the mouse cursor over the folder window nothing happens and the file is not moved. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1704765/+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