Drag and Drop google images to desktop

Hello.

I am new to Zorin. In Chrome or Firefox browsers, when I want to take the file I found from google images to the desktop by dragging and dropping, it takes it as a URL. I want it to take the image I choose directly. I was using it this way on macos. is there anyone who can help with this?

OK. I see noone helps here. Ill back to macos again. cya :slight_smile:

Welcome to the Forum!

The People must sleep. So, a bit Patience please.

Now to Your Problem: Are these Browers Flatpaks or .deb Version? Because Flatpaks could be sometimes a bit tricky because they run with limited Permissions.

Can You make a right-click on the Picture that You want and choose there the Save Picture as Option?

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I just learned something new. I always did the right click option.
After reading this thread, I ran a quick test search on "Dark Wallpapers" , hit Images and then just dragged and dropped one of the hits onto my desktop.
It planted a saved .jpeg file.
I had no idea you could do that. :man_shrugging:

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Crazy Tech-World, isn't it, hahaha!

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Isn't it more troublesome to save by right-clicking than drag and drop? Why does this work in many software but not here? Or do you have a suggestion to make it work here?

u can watch problem here. its firefox deb.

Ah, I am using a form of Chromium Browser, not Firefox.
That may be why it worked for me.

Safari browser offers this feature, as well.

I have the same problem in chrome. Not only for firefox, it also works this way in chrome.

Which chromium do you use?

also chrome never working drag and drop

It may be because I tested it on Zorin OS Lite.

If using Gnome (Zorin OS Core), I am not sure if it works due to Gnome preferring no icons on the desktop and therefor ZorinGroup needing to include an extension that permits Desktop Icons.

For me: No, definetely not. As long as I use a PC, I do it that Way and it wasn't at no Point troublesome for me. But You can use that like You want.

Okay, let's see ... Let's try this first: Are You running Zorin in Wayland or Xorg? To check that, go to Settings>About and then look what stands on ''Window Manager''.

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I checked. Its Wayland

Okay, change it to Xorg and try it then. to do that, go to the Login Screen and click on your Profile so that the Password field appears. It have to be appeared! After it is appeared, You should see in the bottom right Corner a Gear Icon. Click on it and choose the Xorg Option. Then log in and test it.

I change it to X11 but now when I drag and drop images from any website it take not image file. It takes URL file. :frowning:

I've also been using right-click all this time... but while I can see the appeal of just drag and drop, sometimes I have multiple windows stacked on top of each other and using right-click -> save is far more convenient. Especially now that I'm using a tiling window manager and can't even access the desktop directly.


I'm seeing the exact same behavior described by @avenzeA, using Google Chrome on both Wayland and X11. I'm thinking this is a limitation of the Zorin Desktop extension, as dragging the images on the file manager works as expected.

Because Apple wouldn't let a customer go without support for more than 15 hours, right?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255416528

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I don't care how many hours of support Apple provides to its customers. What concerns me is that the system I use is not user-friendly.

I solved the problem, you can mark it as a solution.

The solution is to go back to macOS.

Have a good day, everyone.

What matters to me while we are participating in a discussion on a public forum is that we can keep things civil and rational. Demanding support from people on a public space, while at the same time not doing the same from a multi-trillion company, is called a double standard; not what I would consider fair nor rational.

On the topic of user-friendliness, well, that is very relative. I've used all of the big operating systems professionally at one point or another. For some things, I found MacOS to be the best choice, while for other things it was a nightmare.
I strongly believe that everyone should try and find whatever is best for them, and if that is MacOS for you, I fully support your decision.

Thank you for trying Zorin OS, and have a wonderful day as well.

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I suspect that this is a desktop issue, not a GnuLinux vs MacOS issue.
As outlined by

In this thread, I learned that I can drag and drop images from a search list directly on my Desktop.
I won't... because for me personally, that would not match my workflow and organization methods. It would clutter my desktop.
Instead, it is better for me to select "save as" and direct it to the organized path in which I want the file to go, keeping things sorted by type and easily found by being in its proper place.
To me, that is user friendly.

But I learned that the option is present. I can and that is interesting.
When in a big hurry, that may be useful some day.

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Maybe we could move this to Feedback so that the developers can take a look at whether it's possible to be included in a future update? At least for Core, which at least currently is showing inconsistent behavior depending on the browser. The question is whether it's a browser issue, a package format issue, or a gnome shell extension issue.

Good Suggestion. I have moved this to Feedback and will annotate the move as this move is intended for developer review. Perhaps this feature can be implemented in the future.