I second this bug, this has been a source of endless annoyance for
years!

I don't like to use the words Windows and Usability in the same
sentence, but they've actually solved this user interface idiocy very
easily by the DnD selecting the folder you're in (not any of the
subfolders) when you move the mouse to a column different from the
"name" one, i.e. every other column (type, date, permission, owner,
group, etc.) is treated as whitespace for DnD.

This makes sense because you're no longer pointing directly at a
directory where you want to drop the files. The error Nautilus makes is
to assume that there is an invisible row all the way across the
interface. Which means that when your DnD is pointing at for instance
the 'type' column, Nautilus is still going to drop your files in the
folder that the row corresponds to.

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Drag 'n Drop in list view doesn't work
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61237
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