Re: Some questions about drag-and-drop

[Joseph Scheuhammer <clown utoronto ca>]

Colin wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Joseph Scheuhammer <clown utoronto ca> wrote:
>   
> > >
> > > Dragging only works when in overview mode.  When in normal mode, any click
> > > ...
> >     
>
> This is a function of shell_global_set_stagef_input_mode.  In normal
> mode, clicks outside of the chrome (the top panel) aren't processed by
> Clutter.
>
>   
Ah, I see.  So, normally, nothing on the stage but the chrome is 
reactive, right?  And, my trying to make a BigBox movable is possibly 
misguided.

> What are you working on?  Being able to drag something from the panel?
>
>   
I'm working on adding magnification to gnome-shell.  The thought is that 
gnome-shell is a good location to replace the current gnome-mag 
accessibility feature -- see 
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=571753#c1.

The box that I experimented dragging around contains a clone of most of 
the UI aspects of the stage including the window group, the chrome, and 
the overlay, but magnified.  It's not clear to me whether end users 
would want to move this magnified view around; but for development 
purposes, it would be useful.  At the moment, this view is stuck and 
obscures whatever is below it.

--
;;;;joseph

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