[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 12649] New: Restore previous operation drag function

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12649

            Bug ID: 12649
           Summary: Restore previous operation drag function
    Classification: Xfce
           Product: Thunar
           Version: 1.6.10
          Hardware: PC (x86_64)
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Medium
         Component: core
          Assignee: xfce-bugs at xfce.org
          Reporter: dj_kaza at hotmail.com
        QA Contact: nick at xfce.org
                CC: benny at xfce.org, hjudt at xfce.org
  Target Milestone: 1.8.0

I have just upgraded from Ubuntu Studio 14.04 to 16.04 and thus from Thunar
1.6.3 to 1.6.10 and some of the basic operation has changed making it a far
less smooth experience to that which I am used to.

Namely it is no longer possible to drag a selection of files from starting over
the file, or over the filename field in List or Detailed List view. I always
use Detailed list and this includes not working when on space with no text but
falling within this field. This was possible with 1.6.3, where you would have
to click a second time to drag a single file (so I can see some people may
prefer the new way but to not leave the old method as an option in Preferences
is really short-sighted!)

Then there is the fact you can no longer do a rmb mouse drag and get the
context menu for copy/move/link/cancel. This is something I used more rarely
but definitely use on occasion (mostly when wanting to make a simple link
quickly, now you either have to use the command line, or right click and send
link to Desktop and then Cut and Paste it from the Desktop to your required
location, Really clunky!) If you could add a slider to select time before
context menu appears and you can still drag (I would guess the old operation
was somewhere in the region of 0.2s and was fine to me, new default could be
0.0s and be like current.)

Finally didn't it used to be a user option where to have the filename column
auto-extend as you navigated folders? This seems to have gone with it always
doing so. I admit I do generally prefer it to extend to fit full filename in
but this in itself makes the first mentioned problem even more annoying as it
often pushes the space dragging can be started from off the edge of my window.

In all these changes have forced me to downgrade to 1.6.3 package used in 14.04
as although it has bugs I know and am used to these bugs and the basic
operation of the program is far far better!

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