In addition to this bug, as an FYI to save time; the previous workaround many people follow is installing nemo and setting it as the default for desktop icons. This no longer works.
"gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false", is ignored. The desktop icon functionality seems to now to be included in what are called mode extensions which a user cannot disable easily. No dconf key value is exposed for disabling desktop icons. It seems gnome-session needs to be installed and then extensions built up from there without desktop-icons as referenced. https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/no-desktop-icons-already-arrived-in-19-04/9295/29 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1 To clean up some of the mess one can do: gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.desktop-icons for the values "show-trash", and "show-home" which will remove some of the clutter if one has installed nemo as a workaround; but files are still shown (but not interactable) with no simple way of disabling it. -- 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/1875125 Title: moving files from desktop to a nautilus window does nothing Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Dragging files from the desktop to a nautilus window folder doesn't move, copy or perform any action. The animation upon releasing the click goes back to the files original location. Drag and Drop is broken. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.36.1.1-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Apr 25 20:46:04 2020 GsettingsChanges: InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-26 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_nautilus: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1875125/+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
