Cannot drag applications from dash to desktop

Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity

It's not possible create desktop shortcuts draggin from dash.
when i drag-and-drop an application icon from dash to the desktop a window appears saying :
Error while copying.
There was an error getting information about "/".
It seems that it tries to do something else than just creating a desktop shortcut
Ubuntu 11.04 amd64 updates installed

Keep up the good work guys:P

i don't know what you mean by applications applet, could you be a little bit more descriptive, or provide a screenshot or something?

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In other words, there is no easy way to create application shortcuts on the desktop!

Same problem here.

it also hapen with me error is " the specified location is not support"

your report is incomplete go to terminal and write
apport-collect 756614

use this to complete ur report
apport-collect 756614

Same problem here as well. Get a 'There was an error getting information about "/".' message when I try to drag and drop an Icon from the launcher to the desktop.

This bug was fixed in the package unity-2d - 3.8.8-0ubuntu1

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unity-2d (3.8.8-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

[ Didier Roche ]
* new upstream release:
- [spread] Corruption when switching workspaces after windows have been
moved to other workspaces (LP: #760787)
- [launcher] launcher won't fully paint, corrupted view (LP: #764690)
- [launcher] icons no longer active after an incomplete drag (LP: #768812)
- drag from dash to launcher (LP: #662616)
- Don't create windows over the launcher (LP: #688816)
- [launcher] Does not reveal when hovering over the left edge of the
screen (LP: #760537)
- UIFe: Launcher - update launcher reveal interaction to make it more
accessible to first time users (LP: #754583)
- [launcher] Trash icon should indicate when it has deleted elements
(LP: #715611)
- When windows open for the first time they should not hide the launcher
(LP: #723878)
- double clicks should be disabled on bfb/Place launcher icon/double key
press (LP: #766776)
- [dash][launcher] Should use real transparency when a compositing manager
is running (LP: #794042)
- [dash] Thunderbird icon is pixelated (LP: #767115)
- [panel] Hovering the mouse cursor over the BFB reveals the current
window’s menu (LP: #793403)
- [panel] Hovering the mouse cursor away from the appmenu applet doesn’t
hide the menu (LP: #793406)
- unity-2d: does not parse QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM env var (LP: #791852)
- Cannot drag applications from dash to desktop (LP: #756614)
* debian/control:
- unity-2d-panel recommends the indicator, not unity-2d
- appmenu-gtk and appmenu-qt are already provided by indicator-appmenu
- remove other meaningless recommends
* debian/libunity-2d-private0.install:
- install everything in Unity2d private directory

[ Florian Boucault ]
* debian/unity-2d-launcher.install:
- do not install usr/lib/qt4/imports/UnityApplications/ anylonger as all of
UnityApplications features have been moved to the Unity2d QML plugin
installed by libunity-2d-private0
* debian/control:
- unity-2d-places and unity-2d-spread do not depend on unity-2d-launcher.
All they need is now in libunity-2d-private0.
-- Didier Roche <email address hidden> 2011年6月14日 16:14:18 +0200

Fixed in unity after merge of https://code.launchpad.net/~robertcarr/unity-lens-applications/external-uris/+merge/74449 and https://code.launchpad.net/~robertcarr/libunity/desktopfile-paths/+merge/74447

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 4.14.2-0ubuntu1

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unity (4.14.2-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

* New upstream release.
- unity crashed with AttributeError in reset_unity_compiz_profile(): 'str'
object has no attribute 'get_string' (LP: #809378)
- Trying to minimize Unity Dash to make it fit on a 1024x768 screen makes
Unity freeze and then, after I log out by killing X, never start again
(LP: #839200)
- unity-panel-service crashed with SIGSEGV in main_arena() (LP: #817477)
- UIFe: Panel - Indicators should be orderable regardless of their parent
IndicatorObject (LP: #823061)
- 'Show Desktop' fails to hand focus to desktop (LP: #836315)
- Dash - Functionality of top left close, minimise and maximise/restore
window decorations is confused (LP: #838875)
- unity-panel-service Leaks Memory (LP: #779185)
- Missing lens shortcuts (Super-A, Super-F) (LP: #834078)
- Unity window switcher takes over <alt> key (LP: #835699)
- update assets for window buttons (topleft) with dash opened
(LP: #836655)
- Where the average background colour is either very light or dark, adjust
this value to darken/lighten in order to preserve readability
(LP: #837993)
- Applications don't have priority over other results (LP: #839518)
- task tray icons are misaligned and badly sized (LP: #839354)
- UIFe: Dash - Shape and positioning of most of the elements in the Dash
need adjustment (LP: #841945)
- Cannot drag applications from dash to desktop (LP: #756614)
- systray icons still visible on each desktop in expo mode (LP: #759129)
- transparency on unity panel broken (LP: #827012)
- Window buttons and application menu don't autohide if left edge is
touched (LP: #835637)
- 'Filter results' should be right indented as in the mockups(and unity-
2d) (LP: #838118)
- window title should not appear until cursor leaves the menubar
(LP: #838759)
- Window title is not redrawn on leaving global-menu from buttons
(LP: #839488)
- In the dash, main text field can not be edited, except at the end
(LP: #840862)
- Quicklist can't be correctly hidden (LP: #843425)
- After double clicking on the panel to restore a window, the menus won't
be hidden on mouse-out (LP: #838021)
- After restoring a window the application title doesn't fade-out and it
goes below the menus (LP: #838479)
* debian/control:
- build-dep on latest libunity-dev for ABI/API break, nux
* debian/rules:
- bump shlibs, remove tweak for garantuing the version as the ABI
is considered stable until finale now.
-- Didier Roche <email address hidden> 2011年9月08日 20:07:50 +0200

This doesn't appear to be fixed in unity (3d), typical error - attached

Confirmed, this bug is not fiexed in unity 3d.

Have you been updating everything? App lens, libunity, etc?

Hmm, - was fully updated as of 9 hrs ago (main server on a beta 2 install.
After a cold boot this morning it now works as intended..

Just to note - if grabbing from 'Most frequently used' it will produce the error, from 'installed' is fine

Partially fixed in unity 4.20.0-ubuntu2

Doesn't work for "Most Frequently Used" section.

I'm changing the status so this generates proper attention.

Ok, looks like I can't change status once it's marked as released. New bug report: #864016