875381 - Drag & drop of a downloaded file copies a link to the file and not the file itself

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 846765

(Firefox :: Downloads Panel, defect)

Description

[Marco Castelluccio [:marco]]

If you drag & drop a downloaded file from the downloads panel to a directory, a link to the file is created.

I've noticed this behaviour on Mac, while on Linux it is working correctly (Firefox copies the file itself).

I don't know if this is by design, but shouldn't it be consistent across platforms and browsers? (Safari copies the file)

Comment 1

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

I think someone already reported this, there is some code doing the wrong thing on Mac, it should be consistent across all of the platforms.

Comment 2

[Marco Castelluccio [:marco]]

(In reply to Marco Bonardo [:mak] from comment #1)
> I think someone already reported this, there is some code doing the wrong
> thing on Mac, it should be consistent across all of the platforms.

The problem is that a lot of people won't try to drag & drop anymore, after they've tried the first time and it didn't work. Maybe it'd be wise to uplift the fix, when there will be one.