Re: Copy and paste idea

[Dave Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>]

Can i recommend that we limit this discussion, and instead add comments
to bug 77293, which covers this issue. 

Also I agree and was going to bring this up post 2.0.

Dave.

ps. Just trying to help keep list traffic down at request of some
developers

On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 23:18, Alex Larsson wrote:
> On Wed, 29 May 2002, Andrew Jackson wrote:
> 
> > Hi.  I have an idea.
> > 
> > I think "copy and paste" is an acceptable way of moving files around. The only problem I have is that I sometimes forget which files I have selected (or accidentally selected perhaps) and then I move the wrong files, etc and have to undo somehow!! 
> > 
> > My proposed solution is more of a "pick up, put down" metaphor. (it applied more to moving than to copying). When you "pick up" a file, an small icon which resembles the file being moved appears next to the mouse pointer. This makes the user feel that their file is "attached" to the pointer and goes with them until they are ready to put it down. when you want to "put down" the file, the icon disappears and the copy/move operation happens.
> > 
> > if you pick up another file before putting the first one down, a second icon appears next to the first one. This sort of works like a stack - you push files onto the stack and you pop them somewhere else. When you put down files, it performs the operation on the last one picked up.
> > 
> > I like the idea of a stack because I can select a bunch of different files at once and then drop them in different places because I know which file comes next.
> > 
> > If anyone has played (the excellent) dungeon keeper series of games, you will recognize this from there!
> > 
> > Obviously this idea needs to be expanded and might turn out to be totally useless - just an idea :-)  Comments?
> 
> Sounds a lot like the "shelf" idea. You have a sidebar area where you can 
> drag files, and then you go to the destination and drag them out there.
>