Re: Wayland drag and drop question?

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On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 8:39 PM, Norman L Smith <nls1729@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Fedora Workstation 25 Beta...
>
> I have found a difference between Xorg and Wayland drag and drop behavior in
> Gnome Shell.
> In Wayland you cannot drag the icon through the hot corner and paste into an
> application in a
> different workspace.
>
> The Xorg drag and drop is intuitive. You hold the mouse button down through
> the entire
> operation until you reach the target and then release to drop.
>
> The Wayland drag and drop works but it is not obvious what to do. You must
> drag the object
> into the hot corner.  When the Overview is displayed, move cursor into the
> Overview.  The
> icon is detached from the cursor and remains at the corner.  You then
> release the mouse
> button and move the cursor to the workspace with the target.  Press and
> release the mouse
> button to select the target.  The target will be moved from the workspace to
> the body
> of the Overview.  Move the mouse button to the target and press and release
> the mouse
> button.  The Overview will close and the icon appears and reconnects to the
> cursor.  Click
> the target and the object will be dropped.
>
> I have placed a compressed file with two short videos of Xorg and Wayland
> drags from an
> application to an application in a different workspace at:
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B52Y4vnjoV74WDVaQ1F6TjlXSk0/view?usp=sharing
>
> My question: Is the Wayland behavior intended by design or should I report a
> bug?

Dragging stuff accross workspaces like that was never ported to wayland.
I am surprised it even "works".

It is indeed not intentional ... please file a bug (upstream if possible).
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