Allow scroll whell during drag-and-drop dragging
Description
Scrolling with a mouse wheel while drag-and-drop dragging with the same mouse ignores the scroll input in Nemo (file manager) in Linux with GTK, while that same input is not ignored in Windows' File Explorer (file manager) or macOS' Finder (file manager).
Steps to reproduce
- Run Nemo
- Navigate to a folder that has enough files and folders to require scrolling to see them all.
- Scroll down until a target folder is not visible.
- Start dragging a file.
- While the file is still being dragged, try to use the mouse wheel to scroll to the target folder.
Observed behavior
The mouse wheel does not respond in any visible way on-screen while dragging a file or folder.
Expected behavior
The mouse wheel is expected to respond while dragging a file or folder, allowing the user to drop the file into an off-screen target folder in an intuitive way.
Additional information
This expected behavior is supported by several file managers and web browsers, including File Explorer in Microsoft Windows, and web applications like Asana and Google Drive running in Mozilla Firefox. It is a common action that I perform when using those other systems.
I originally posted this issue in the Nemo bug tracker here: https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/issues/2776
That was then closed with the reason cited that the UI toolkit employed by Nemo, GTK, does not enable fixing the issue. As a result, I was directed to the GTK bug tracker here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/314
Now that has been closed with the reason cited that the UI protocol employed by GTK, Wayland, does not enable fixing the issue. As a result, I have been directed to interact with the Wayland protocols developers, so I have opened this ticket.