Drag-and-dropping files not working in Ubuntu 17.10

Question

I recently upgraded to 17.10 from 16.10, and I'm experiencing an annoying problem:

I CAN'T drag and drop files. When I select files and then hold to drag, it behaves as though I'm re-selecting and doesn't drag the files like it did in 16.10.

Also, ctrl- and shift- selecting no longer work the way they used to, shift now selects from the FIRST file selected rather than the LAST file I selected.

I don't know if these are OS bugs or if there's an easy solution.

PLEASE HELP. I don't want to have to re-install 16.10

Could you record a short screencast (shift+ctrl+alt+r) and show us the issue? Also this might be a Wayland-only issue, try to switch to X and see what happens there. — pomsky, Jan 14 '18 at 15:40
Thanks. It looks like Wayland was the problem. Running on Xorg now and the problem's gone.... — Lance_Verity, Jan 14 '18 at 19:52
@pomsky: How exactly does recording a short screencast work? It creates 0-byte files for me. — Dan Dascalescu, Jan 02 '19 at 01:29
@pomsky: Yes. Is there a known issue with recording screencasts on dual-monitor configurations? — Dan Dascalescu, Jan 02 '19 at 06:29
@DanDascalescu Yeah, if I remember correctly it happens with extended monitors, only creates empty files. — pomsky, Jan 02 '19 at 07:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 06 '18 at 16:42

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open terminal

    gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences use-experimental-views false

answered Feb 06 '18 at 16:42

Kwadwo Kyeremeh Tuffour

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pomsky · Answer 2 · 2018-01-14T20:41:10.610

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It seems it's a bug with Wayland.

As a workaround you may switch back to Xorg following this Q&A: How do you switch from Wayland back to Xorg in Ubuntu 17.10?

edited Jan 14 '18 at 20:41

answered Jan 14 '18 at 20:01

pomsky

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Drag-and-dropping files not working in Ubuntu 17.10

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