Re: [Usability] Interacting with open folders

[Maurizio Colucci <seguso forever tin it>]

Christian Neumair wrote:



> Am Donnerstag, den 10.02.2005, 14:52 +0100 schrieb Maurizio Colucci:
>
>
> >   [Proposals for improving spatial folder window interaction]
> >
> >   I am not sure if this also allows to drag an open folder to another
> >   place.
>
>
> We definitly need a drag handle for spatial windows somewhere.

If you can try to implement it, that would be welcome by everybody I 
believe. However, I would not focus on dragging alone.

A couple of notes:

> Some brainstorming:
>
> a Use whole statusbar as drag handle (is this sane/intuitive?)

This is not discoverable.

> b Use menu in statusbar on the left as drag handle

not discoverable.

> c Middle-clicking background and moving starts drag

not disc.

> d Use menubar as drag handle

not disc.

> e Add special area to menubar on the right with a folder icon, use this
> as drag handle

I'm not sure a folder icon would convey the meaning of "drag"...

> f Have a folder icon at the edge of (always displayed) scrollbars as
> drag handle (cp. gimp)
as above

IMHO, the only way to make it discoverable is to insert a  button 
somewhere, named "drag this folder to...". Or at least an icon with a 
tooltip.


Maurizio