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Can no longer Drag & Drop any files onto Unity launcher

Bug #815045 reported by Doug McMahon
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This bug affects 12 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Fix Released
High
Jason Smith
unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Drag and drop from dash, dekstop and any other applications onto launcher no longer works.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.4.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-5.6-generic 3.0.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-5-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,place,mousepoll,move,vpswitch,resize,regex,gnomecompat,session,animation,workarounds,fade,cube,expo,scale,rotate,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Sat Jul 23 07:41:49 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110717)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Revision history for this message
Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote :
Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)
summary: - Can no longer Drag & Drop .desktops onto Unity launcher
+ Can no longer Drag & Drop any files onto Unity launcher
description: updated
Launchpad Janitor (janitor)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
Jason Smith (jassmith)
Changed in unity:
assignee: nobody → Jason Smith (jassmith)
importance: Undecided → High
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
David Gomes (davidgomes) wrote :

unity 4.6.0
Linux ubuntu 3.0.0-7-generic
Ubuntu 11.10

This does not work for me, I try to drag and drop icons in dash to the launcher and it does not work.

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Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) wrote :

@David, the status is on "Fix committed" not "Fix Released". Next unity version shuold solve the problem also for you.

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Dragging from Dash does not work but that I think might have regressed due to the new dash design et al. Dragging an icon from desktop to launcher works so I am closing this bug. I am using unity 4.8.0

Changed in unity:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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