Comment 17 for bug 61237

>What's more, there's no "paste" when you right click anywhere in list view EXCEPT in the blank space BELOW the files if there is few items in the folder

I think the problem is that a full selection (1st -> n'th columns selected) is strictly used in nautilus.
It makes it difficult to get hold of right click actions like paste, create document, create folder etc, when in the "view as list" mode.

I think, if a right click action happens on the "name" column then it should only show the actions present on the current selected folder/file in the context menu. If the right click happens on the other columns then it should show the actions that one would expect when right clicking in white space.

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Drag and drop senario should just work like it does when you drag and drop a folder into the bookmark panel: If the drag hovers directly over a bookmark it is considered a copy and if the drag hovers "in between" two bookmarks then you get a "line" indicator between the two to show that you are about to create a new bookmark in between.

Therefore to keep things consistent just do the same when you drag a folder or file "in between" two folders (when in "View as List" mode.)