[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 12099] New: XUbuntu 14.04: Under VirtualBox, Thunar does not behave as a drag-and-drop target

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12099

            Bug ID: 12099
           Summary: XUbuntu 14.04: Under VirtualBox, Thunar does not
                    behave as a drag-and-drop target
    Classification: Xfce
           Product: Thunar
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Medium
         Component: core
          Assignee: xfce-bugs at xfce.org
          Reporter: graham.bartlett at elektron-technology.com
        QA Contact: nick at xfce.org
                CC: benny at xfce.org, hjudt at xfce.org

I am running on Windows 7, with XUbuntu 14.04 running in a VirtualBox VM.  I
have replicated this on versions of VirtualBox from 4.3.22 to 5.0.  

VirtualBox supports drag-and-drop from the host to the guest VM.  It is
possible to drag-and-drop files from the host to the XUbuntu desktop, and to
various applications including Geany which can act as drag-and-drop targets.

However Thunar windows are not shown as drag-and-drop targets (mouse pointer is
a no-entry sign), and dropping on a Thunar window does nothing.

How drag-and-drop should be implemented is a Linux desktop standard.  Since
other GTK-based applications can receive drag-and-drop from VirtualBox and
Thunar can't, my first guess is that this is a bug in Thunar.

Give me a shout if you have any debug code you'd like me to try.  Do be aware
though that I'm not a hugely experienced Linux user, and my day job is writing
software for a living, not maintaining Linux! :)  I'm happy to try stuff and
report back with log files, but I don't have the experience or bandwidth to do
kernel rebuilds or stuff like that.

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