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 Desktop Packages, 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 Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons: New Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In releases before 19.04, you could drag and drop files from the desktop into applications. This no longer works. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons 19.01-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-13.14-generic 4.18.17 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu19 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Jan 26 21:47:14 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-02 (24 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-01-21 (5 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/+bug/1813441/+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
