elementary / elementary/files

Drag and drop files into a folder doesn't always work

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Description

### What Happened?

Drag and drop **more than one file** will fail to move them 50% of the time.

Drag and drop **one file** into a folder ~always works.~ EDIT: actually, it's failing too.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d15a185b-f6be-4886-b54e-2666d12bbc66

### Steps to Reproduce

1. Select some files.
2. Drag them over a folder icon and immediately drop them there (the first attempt should often fail).
3. Select the files again.
4. Drag them over a folder icon and hold still until that folder is opened, then drop the files in there (it should often fail too).

### Expected Behavior

Drag and drop ~for multiple~ selected files should work. ~the same as it does for a single file~

### OS Version

8.x (Circe)

### OS Architecture

amd64 (on most hardwares)

### Session Type

Secure Session (Wayland)

### Software Version

Latest release (I have run all updates)

### Log Output

```shell

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### Hardware Info

_No response_

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