Re: Hidden drag&drop functionality

["Jesse D. Sightler" <jsight pair com>]

Well, you might try the User's Guide at
http://www.gnome.org/users-guide/project.shtml

I'm thinking in particular of the page at
http://www.gnome.org/users-guide/dragtour.html

Perhaps what your message really highlights is the desperate need for a
more powerful, attractive, and searchable help system.  :)

Matthias Warkus wrote:
> 
> Lots of people love drag&drop. I, personally, have got a problem with
> it.  Most of the drag&drop functionality is somehow hidden - for
> example (AFAIK), you can drag a pixmap from gmc onto the Gnome panel,
> and it's used as a texture. The panel accepts lots of other drop
> actions, too (again, AFAIK).
> 
> Someone had to tell me this. The only way to find it out oneself is
> either trial and error, or documentation. Thus, I've got a proposal.
> It would be nice if one had a drag&drop guide which documents all the
> non-obvious drag&drop functionality in Gnome. To create it would be
> trivial - just have every app developer (v)grep his source for drag or
> drop actions, collect them all, and write that document.
> 
> If such a drag&drop guide existed, people would *know* about these
> immensely cool features instead of discovering them each on their own.
> I think this would be good for Gnome. Don't you?
> 
> mawa
> 
> P.S.: Smack me if you are already doing such a thing. It's a pretty
>       obvious idea.
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