customizationmousenautilususability
Is there a way (maybe using some script in nautilus or something) so that you can drag files with the right mouse button and when you release, you're shown the context menu?
If it can even be achieved using some modifier key + left button, I'm ok with it. But Shift + left button (lb) forces a move, Ctrl + lb forces a copy, Alt + lb does a "move window", Super + lb does… well… nothing special, I believe.
My suggestion is that you add it to your Home icon on the launcher, like this:
«That's insanely cool!», you say, «But how do I do that?». Well, you just copy and paste the desktop file I made for you into an empty file and copy that to your ~/.local/share/applications/ folder. Name the file "nautilus.desktop". You need to log out and back in afterwards. Here goes:
.[Desktop Entry] Name=Files Comment=Access and organize files Exec=nautilus %U Icon=system-file-manager Terminal=false Type=Application StartupNotify=true OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity; Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;Core; MimeType=inode/directory;application/x-gnome-saved-search; X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=nautilus X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=3.2.1 X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=nautilus X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Connect;Videos;Documents;Music;Pictures;Downloads [Connect Shortcut Group] Name=Connect Exec=nautilus-connect-server TargetEnvironment=Unity[Videos Shortcut Group] Name=Videos Exec=nautilus Videos TargetEnvironment=Unity
[Documents Shortcut Group] Name=Documents Exec=nautilus Documents TargetEnvironment=Unity
[Music Shortcut Group] Name=Music Exec=nautilus Music TargetEnvironment=Unity
[Pictures Shortcut Group] Name=Pictures Exec=nautilus Pictures TargetEnvironment=Unity
[Downloads Shortcut Group] Name=Downloads Exec=nautilus Downloads TargetEnvironment=Unity
How are you setting the setting in CCSM? Try <ALT> Button 10. I believe you might have to use the ALT button to initiate the move. "Do not quote me". I am just taking a guess.
Best Answer
If you Middle-click drag and drop (or press Alt after you've started moving the icon so that it doesn't trigger the window move) and then let go of the file a context menu shows up giving you the choice of Copy, Move, link, etc.
Example dragging a file onto my desktop:
The cursor will have a little question mark by it, then when you let go this pops up:
Someone filed a bug report with Nautilus to support right click drag and drop but the developer deemed that unnecessary.