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[Sebastien Bacher <seb128@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Not sure if it should default to a different action, inconsistency and
automagic behaviour changes are not user friendly, but one option would
be to display a dialog explaining what the issue is with a "copy
instead" button?

** Also affects: nautilus
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Nautilus should default to copy when move will fail

Status in Nautilus:
  New
Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: nautilus

  Dragging a file from a read-only filesystem currently rightly causes
  the drop action to be ‘copy’ rather than ‘move’.  However, if you drag
  a file from a location to which you don't have write privileges (so
  it's read-only because of permissions) Nautilus will by default try
  and fail to move the file.

  Nautilus drag and drop should default to copy when dragging from a
  source which is read only, regardless of the reason it's read-only.

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