[Bug 49348] List view in Nautilus does not allow dragging a selection by mouse

[Adam Lindberg]

Public bug reported:

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...

** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: Unconfirmed

-- 
List view in Nautilus does not allow dragging a selection by mouse
https://launchpad.net/bugs/49348