Re: GTK eval: internationalization and drag/drop

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Kenneth Albanowski <kjahds@kjahds.com> writes:

> On 27 Oct 1998, Owen Taylor wrote:
> 
> > s/1.x.x/1.0.x/. The DND API has been completely replaced in the 1.1.x
> > development branch.
> > 
> > For the 1.1.x DND API, see gtk/testdnd.c and:
> > 
> >  http://www.labs.redhat.com/~otaylor/dnd-api.txt
> > 
> > The new API is much nicer and more powerful to use (IMHO), and the new
> > code supports the Xdnd and Motif protocols.  Converting from one to
> > the other isn't all that difficult in general.
> 
> I'm only able to take a brief look at this... is there support for
> "drag_enter" and "drag_leave" signals? It's fairly important (IMO) to make
> the usual widgets support visual indication of being drop-receptive.

There is a "drag_leave" signal. The "drag_motion" signal doubles
as a "drag_enter" - the first time you get it, it is an
enter.
 
> (If you've not seen the Mac, it works like this: when you drag something
> that can receive it, an aqua ring shows up inside the border of the
> target, instead of the cursor changing to an "X", or somesuch.)

That's the default behavior for the new GTK+ DND - drop targets
are highlighted with a frame as the mouse moves over them - not
aqua, currently, though...

Regards,
                                        Owen