Re: Treeview DnD example

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Sep 5, 2004, at 10:43 AM, A. Pagaltzis wrote:

> Aqua does pretty much the same, but the Apple guys got it right:  the 
> dragged item is translucent, so you can see where you're dropping it. 
> That does make it nicer than just dragging an icon.

this would, of course, require the translucency support that is still 
not widely available in X.  could it not be spoofed with a stippled 
window mask?

having used OS X for a while, i fully appreciate being able to see not 
only where you're going to drop something, but exactly what it is that 
you're dragging.  the current reorder drag implementation in 
GtkTreeView gets one of two, unless you master the art of pulling the 
dragged thing to the right just far enough that you can see the left 
edge of the drop marker.

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