[cg2k6]

I am running OS 10.3.1 and I am having a problem with spring loaded folders.

Here's the situation:

I have a text file on the desktop. I click and drag it to my hard drive icon.

The hard drive window pops up. I let go of the mouse button and the text file is now in my hard drive window.

In the same window, I click on this text file, drag it over to the "home" icon on the sidebar. The home section opens.

I let go of the button and now the file is in my home folder.

HERE'S THE PROBLEM:
I click on the file again, drag it to my hard drive icon in the sidebar, now I let go of the button in the hard drive window and the file doesn't move. It remains in my home folder.

This happens anytime I try and use spring loaded folders (with "always open folders in a new window" OFF) to move a file "backwards" in the file tree. I can move deeper into folders, but I can't "back up". The files don't move, they remain in the original folder.

ie: I can't move a picture from "Pictures" to "Home" without opening two windows. Spring Loaded folders doesn't work.

This is extremely irritating and never happened in 10.2.

Any help is appreciated.

[Toyin]

Not sure I understand your dilemma but I just repeated your actions and the test file moved into which ever directory I left it. I also moved pictures from my pictures folder to the root of the hard drive with no issues.

What's your set up? Do you have your home folder on a different partition or hard drive? Do you get an error when you try to move the file? Which view are you using?

[cg2k6]

My setup:

667 Powerbook DVI
512 mb RAM
30gb HD
Mac os 10.3.1
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My home folder is not on a separate partition.

I use the icon view.

I cannot move any files from a folder "backwards" to a folder higher up in the 'tree' with spring loaded folders.
If I open two windows, or have 'always open a folder in a new window' turned on, it works. I can move the files, just not with spring loaded folders.

EXAMPLES: (with one finder window open)

-I can't move a file from Documents to Home with spring loaded folders. I let go of the mouse button with the file in Home and it just returns me to Documents with the file still located there.

-I can't move a file from a folder inside Pictures back to the Pictures folder. Again, it returns me to the original folder with the file still there.

I can only move a file 'deeper' using spring loaded folders, not to a higher directory, regardless of the directory.

I have used OS 9, os 10.2, and now os 10.3 and 10.3 is the only version I've had this problem with. The only disk problems I've had were preference files lost when I used Filevault, but I've stopped using Filevault since then.

Thanks for any help you can offer, it's hard to explain the problem without visually showing someone, or having them do what I can't do.

[Toyin]

Originally posted by cg2k6:
My setup:

667 Powerbook DVI
512 mb RAM
30gb HD
Mac os 10.3.1
--------------------
My home folder is not on a separate partition.

I use the icon view.

I cannot move any files from a folder "backwards" to a folder higher up in the 'tree' with spring loaded folders.
If I open two windows, or have 'always open a folder in a new window' turned on, it works. I can move the files, just not with spring loaded folders.

EXAMPLES: (with one finder window open)

-I can't move a file from Documents to Home with spring loaded folders. I let go of the mouse button with the file in Home and it just returns me to Documents with the file still located there.

-I can't move a file from a folder inside Pictures back to the Pictures folder. Again, it returns me to the original folder with the file still there.

I can only move a file 'deeper' using spring loaded folders, not to a higher directory, regardless of the directory.

I have used OS 9, os 10.2, and now os 10.3 and 10.3 is the only version I've had this problem with. The only disk problems I've had were preference files lost when I used Filevault, but I've stopped using Filevault since then.

Thanks for any help you can offer, it's hard to explain the problem without visually showing someone, or having them do what I can't do.

I just tried it in icon view and I get the behavior you described. I use column-view 90% of the time and List view when I need to sort. I never use icon view but this definitely seems like a bug. I'd report it to apple.

[cg2k6]

Thanks for the reply and verification of the problem. I have now submitted a bug report to Apple.

Has no one else noticed this? It's been a glaring error since I upgraded to Panther a few weeks ago. It severely limits the usefulness of spring-loaded folders and icon view.