Re: [Usability] moving or copying when drag'n'dropping

["Matthew Nuzum" <newz bearfruit org>]

On 2/27/07, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ freenet de> wrote:
> > I just drug files from an archive in whatever program Gnome uses onto
> > a network place. The dialog said "moving files..." which worried me.
> > Fortunately, it only copied them.
>
> If it says moving but copies, that's a specific bug to be reported.

ok, done at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=412749

> > Things could be better if there is:
> > a: standardization on what happens when you drag'n'drop
> > b: communication or indication of what is going to happen when you
> > drop (i.e. Windows shows an emblem indicating if the operation will
> > copy, move or create a shortcut)
> > c: a standard and intuitive way to affect the default drag'n'drop action.
>
> Hmm. There are different mouse cursor for moving and copying.
> Nautilus uses them, perhaps some apps don't, what I would consider
> a bug?

Wow, that is subtle. Filing that as a bug against Ubuntu, since that's
the distro I use and this is arguably a problem with the distro
related artwork.

https://bugs.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-artwork/+bug/88476

(yes, I know my mock-ups are rough ;-)

Thanks all for the keyboard/mouse suggestions. They're not exactly
intuitive, but at least now I know about the middle-drag feature.

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