So I like Unity, it looks nifty and the Zeitgeist launcher is so productive.
One huge gripe about unity though, is that you cannot, apparently, drag&drop files between applications open in the Unity launcher bar, namely:
- a file from nautilus into thunderbird as a mail attachment
- an image from nautilus into a photo-editing program
- the same file from nautilus into an archive manager
- an image into the upload page of imgur.com opened in your browser
- anything else
I use a Precise Pangolin installation, and this is what works for me:
- Start dragging the file until you have it under your mouse pointer, ready to be dropped somewhere
- At this point you will notice the launcher bar buttons become gray (almost all of them, Nautilus and Firefox stay bright for me)
- Trying to drop onto any of the buttons, be it grayed out or bright, will NOT bring up its window
- Keep the mouse button pressed, and on your keyboard use theWinKey+TAB combination, you will see the applications buttons on the unit launcher bar brighten one at a time, cycling though both bright ones and grayed ones
- When you have highlighted the button of the program you need (for example, Thunderbird to attach a file into a mail), release the WinKey+TAB combo and the relative application window will open
- Finally drop your file in the opened window
- After you’ve done your job, flood LaunchPad with bug reports until we get this dumb problem fixed
really annoying me too, thanks for posting this workaround!
It’s no wonder that so many people are opposed to Unity and Gnome 3! I can’t imagine working without the ability to drag either files or selected text between windows on different workspaces at will (or onto launchers on the desktop or panel for that matter). MATE may not be the most stylish desktop environment around, but at least all of its drag/drop functionality is implemented!