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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  File-roller drag'n drop is unreliable

Status in “file-roller” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: file-roller

  Drag'n drop of a file from file-roller in Gnome to a local folder is
  unreliable here. It fails 1 time out of 5 here approximately.

  When it fails, it gives the following error message:
  You don't have the right permissions to extract archives in the folder "file:///home/chris/Documents/ASSET/WP5-T1/VTT/VTT-TML-Integration/Code/Web%20services/xds.txttion"

  Note that I'm actually trying to drop the file to this location (where the permissions are ok):
  /home/chris/Documents/ASSET/WP5-T1/VTT/VTT-TML-Integration/Code/Web services/

  I have no idea where the trailing "xds.txttion" comes from and of
  course it does not exist on my local filesystem. The error always
  refers to this folder name.

  Just a hint, I think it has something to do with the time you wait until you release the mouse button to actually drop the file in the folder. I think the behavior is as follows:
  1. Press mouse button on a file in file-roller, drag the mouse to the local folder, wait until a '+' appears on the left of the dragged file icon and then release the button -> It works (If you wait a sufficient amount of time, it never crashes)
  2. Press mouse button on a file in file-roller, drag the mouse to the local folder, immediately release the mouse button before the '+' appears on the left of the file icon -> It does not do anything, the file is not extracted, no error (probably too fast).
  3. Crash case: I think it crashes if you release the mouse button relatively fast, just before the '+' appears on the icon (or maybe at this moment).

  I might be wrong but this is my best guess and I hope it can help
  identifying the issue since it is not easy to reproduce probably.

  I'm using:
  Version: 2.28.1-0ubuntu1

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