URL from Safari won't copy

Sometimes, when I drag a URL from the toolbar in Safari to an open folder, it won't copy - it "bounces" back to the bar. The workaround is to copy to the desktop, then to the folder, which works every time.
Most times copying to a folder, and every time when copying to the desktop, it works fine. Any ideas?
Thanks.

Actually, I may have misspoken. The failures are when copying to an open disk image, not into a folder directly.

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