Re: [Nautilus-list] Modifiers when dragging

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Ross Burton <r burton 180sw com> writes:
> 
> I've always wondered why the Nautilus file dragging modifiers are what
> they are.  To me, the Windows 9x style makes sense:
> 
> Shift: Move
> Control: Copy
> Alt: Link
> 
> In English at least I "shift" a file from one location to another.  Copy
> and Control both start with C, and Alt is... erm... creating an
> alternative location for a file. :)
> 
> Okay -- maybe those associations are not that good, but for consistency
> should Nautilus2 use the Windows modifiers?

The convention here is below the Nautilus level, either in GTK or in
the Xdnd specification - so if it's changed it needs to be changed
there rather than in Nautilus.

Havoc