Re: Drag 'n' Drop behavior in Windows

[Bob Snyder <bob snyder cox net>]

Tor Lillqvist wrote:
> > As a user of Geany, I was surprised to find that when attempting to move
> > selected text by d'n'd, that the default behavior under WinXP was copy
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> Presumably you are talking about drag.and-drop inside one application
> instance, as drag-and-drop of anything (including text) between apps
> does not work in GTK+ on Windows?
>   

Yes, within the same application.

> I don't know what causes this behaviour, and presumably it is not
> intended. File a bug at bugzilla.gnome.org against product:gtk+,
> component:win32.
>
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> > where I had expected it to be move as it is in Linux. When I brought this up on
> > the Geany list, I was told that this behavior is part of GTK.
> >     
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> The correct thing to compare to should be how non-GTK+ apps in general
> behave on Windows, though, not how GTK+ behaves on X11. The intent is
> that GTK+ should follow the platform's expected behaviour when
> applicable. But anyway, in this case the platform defaults seems to be
> move and not copy, too, when dragging inside one app.
>   
I agree that the behavior should follow the platform, not necessarily 
the app. My experience is that windows apps in general and editors and 
word processors in particular move selected text rather than copying it. 
Certainly this is true for MS apps like Word and Notepad, etc. And 
several other Windows but non-MS editors that I have used also move by 
default. In fact, I can't remember ever encountering an app on Linux or 
Windows that copies by default (until now).

My main intention in writing is to determine if there is anything that 
can be done with existing versions of GTK on Windows. Is there any sort 
of configuration file or environment variable that can be used to 
reverse the behavior?

Many thanks,

Bob S.


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