Re: multiple selection and drag-n-drop

[Allin Cottrell <cottrell wfu edu>]

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, David Ne?as (Yeti) wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 10:29:47AM -0400, Allin Cottrell wrote:
> > I suppose somebody else must have come across this issue -- and if 
> > so I'd be grateful for any ideas.
> > 
> > I have a treeview in which GTK_SELECTION_MULTIPLE is enabled.  
> > And there's a meaning attached to dragging elements from this 
> > treeview to another window.  
> > 
> > The design problem is that if the user has selected multiple 
> > elements in the treeview (using shift- or ctrl-click), and then 
> > she presses the mouse button to start a drag, that press undoes 
> > the multiple selection, and only the element directly under the 
> > mouse pointer actually gets dragged.
> 
> A very old bug.  See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70479

Ah, I see.  Thanks.

Allin Cottrell