Under Detailed List view, drag / rubberband multiple file selection must be started on a non-Name column
Submitted by j.l..@..il.com
Assigned to Xfce Bug Triage
Description
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."