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gschwarz

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Registered: 2023-03-30

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[SOLVED] Copy file to usb drive by dropping it on the icon?

When I plug in a USB thumb drive into an XFCE machine, the USB drive icon appears on the desktop.
I can then try to drag a file onto it, but it's not accepted.
Why is this so? Is dragging files on a device icon simply not implemented, or can it be activated? Would it need to (automatically) mount first?
I can of course manually open the thumb drive by double-clicking it and then drag the file into the window representing the thumb drive's filesystem root.

Last edited by gschwarz (2024-09-01 16:38:12)

gschwarz

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Registered: 2023-03-30

Posts: 23

Re: [SOLVED] Copy file to usb drive by dropping it on the icon?

It seems to be an issue of the thumb drive not yet being mounted when it is shown on the desktop but has not yet been accessed. One I have opened it, i.e. displayed its contents I can also copy an item to it by dragging it onto the USB thuumb drive icon on the desktop.
Should this be regarded as a bug?

chang-zhao

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Registered: 2023-11-20

Posts: 42

Re: [SOLVED] Copy file to usb drive by dropping it on the icon?

It seems to be an issue of the thumb drive not yet being mounted when it is shown on the desktop but has not yet been accessed.

It's as expected, unless the setting
"Mount removable drives when hot-plugged"
is checked (ON):
https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/using-removable-media

gschwarz

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Registered: 2023-03-30

Posts: 23

Re: [SOLVED] Copy file to usb drive by dropping it on the icon?

Thanks. I have not been aware of that configuration option. Now it's working as desired.
Issue resolved.