Re: [Nautilus-list] Modifiers when dragging

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Calum Benson <calum benson sun com> writes:

> Havoc Pennington wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> FWIW, the HIG currently recommends:
> 
> Ctrl=Copy, Shift=Move, Shift+Ctrl=Create link, shortcut or alias.
> 
> The reason we suggest Shift+Ctrl instead of Alt is because that's the
> recommendation in the Motif styleguide, so it's more likely to be
> consistent with other non-GNOME apps you might be running on your
> desktop.

GTK+ does use shift+control for link.

"Alt" in GTK+ is "ask" (since right drag has innumerable problems) but 
unfortunately, the window managers commonly in use with GNOME bind
Alt-Drag to move-window. 

(Middle drag is also supposed to be "ask", but not all mice have middle buttons.)

Regards,
                                        Owen