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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 874386 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874386

It's not a duplicate of the other bug it was linked to, so I have
removed that link.

This is a feature regression, is confusing and inconsistent, (perhaps
this doesn't qualify it as a bug).

The other 'bug' relates to not being able to use bookmarks for moving
files/folders around the filesystem by dragging them onto Nautilus
bookmarks (which was is a deliberate choice by Gnome).

My 'bug' is that it's impossible to even ADD a bookmark by dragging,
which is the feature Gnome chose to preserve in this discussion! It only
applies to the FIRST bookmark. Once you have added one folder, then
drag-to-link becomes possible under the Bookmarks heading.

Even accepting the Gnomic logic about the ambiguity of drag-to-link
versus drag-to-move, they chose to favour drag-to-link.

Making it impossible to drag-to-link the FIRST bookmark isn't consistent
with their logic. It's to do with the build of Ubuntu which makes Home,
Desktop, Documents, Downloads not 'Bookmarks', but something different
under 'Computer' - a collection of shortcuts which prevent drag-to-link,
and facilitate drag-to-move.

As it turns out, you can't create new items under the Computer heading
at all, I think. Quite a mess.

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Title:
  Nautilus has no Bookmark target until CTRL+D

Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Running a stock Oneiric version of Nautilus. I find that dragging
  Folders into the left pane never creates a bookmark.

  Previously, I think I could drag folders 'in between' other folders in
  the left pane, seeing a black line indicating where the new bookmark
  would be placed.

  Now it's impossible to find a drag/drop target which creates a
  bookmark from a stock Oneiric until first running the keyboard
  shortcut CTRL+D to add an item. Once an item exists, a Bookmarks
  section appears in the Nautilus left pane, and then I can drag
  subsequent bookmarks under this heading.

  For Bookmarks to be a usable feature, there should be some kind of
  GUI-based technique to create them. Currently it requires deep
  understanding of Nautilus keyboard shortcuts to begin with.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu3.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.25-generic-pae 3.0.13
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Jan 23 22:20:35 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: nautilus
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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