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** Changed in: nautilus
       Status: In Progress => Confirmed

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Title:
  List view in Nautilus does not allow dragging a selection by mouse

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Invalid
Status in Nautilus:
  Confirmed
Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  When viewing files in Nautilus one can drag a rectangle around them to
  mark certain files. This is not possible in the list view of Nautilus
  even though there is usually a large white space in folders with few
  files that can make a user believe that dragging with the mouse there
  would produce the same rectangle as in icon view. I do it all the time
  by habit, and it is very annoying.

  Proposal:
  * Make it possible to drag a rectangle in list view. The problem is that starting to drag on a list item moves that item. Konqueror has solved this that you have to drag on the item name itself to move, else a rectangle marquee is started. Personally I find this quite efficient but may be annoying for less experienced users...

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