[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 12742] New: Under Detailed List view, drag / rubberband multiple file selection must be started on a non-Name column

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12742

            Bug ID: 12742
           Summary: Under Detailed List view, drag / rubberband multiple
                    file selection must be started on a non-Name column
    Classification: Xfce
           Product: Thunar
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
               URL: http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/working-with-files-an
                    d-folders
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: easyfix, patch
          Severity: trivial
          Priority: Low
         Component: documentation
          Assignee: xfce-bugs at xfce.org
          Reporter: j.lopes.teixeira at gmail.com
        QA Contact: nick at xfce.org
                CC: benny at xfce.org, hjudt at xfce.org
  Target Milestone: 1.8.0

Hi, on latest Xubuntu LTS (16.04.1, Thunar 1.6.10) there seems to be some
misleading behavior of Thunar's drag / rubberband multiple file selection when
using Detailed List view.

It's a known lacking feature of GTK (see
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138931 and
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1996) to start the drag on the empty
area beneath the files, but according to the docs
(http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/working-with-files-and-folders) it should
work if started on a file/folder name - but it doesn't.

I can only get it to work if I start the drag from any non-Name column - which
is not very intuitive. Here's an image to illustrate the problem
http://stuff.is-a-geek.net/random/Thunar1.png (image found at
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2326193).

The current docs read:
"You can also select multiple files and folders by using the mouse to drag a
selection box over them. Note: If you are using View as a Detailed List in the
Main Area, you must first position the mouse over a file/folder name (not in
the whitespace) before dragging."

I suggest the following clarification patch (changes in ALL CAPS):
"You can also select multiple files and folders by using the mouse to drag a
selection box over them. Note: If you are using View as a Detailed List in the
Main Area, you must first position the mouse over a file/folder ROW (not in the
whitespace BELOW) AND IN A COLUMN OTHER THAN NAME (SIZE, TYPE, MODIFIED DATE,
ETC. WILL ALL WORK) before dragging."

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