Re: [Nautilus-list] Drag and drop suggestion

["R. Russell Geldmacher" <rusty WPI EDU>]

On Fri, 18 May 2001, Manuel Clos wrote:
> paul wrote:
>
> > i've created an image which illustrates an idea i had for an improvement
> > for draging files with the right mouse button.
> >
> > http://www.paul-h.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nautilus.html
> > the pic is there, along with a description of the idea.
> >
> > unfortunately, i have zero gtk/gnome coding experience, so i'm unable to
> > implement it myself :/
>
> Why don't just "enter" this directory after a timeout? It will then act
> like "expanding" the tree view.

 that's a good idea. maybe even add a keyboard accelerator (like space bar
or something) to trigger the time out and enter the directory you're
hovering over. then once you copy or move or link the file there, the
back button will take you to the original directory the file was in.

my $0.02,

rusty