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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: A drag/drop wish
From:       hpj.lisa () t-online ! de (Hans-Peter Jansen)
Date:       1999-01-30 15:37:18
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Espen Sand wrote:
> 
> Here is one (for pre 1.1)
> 
> When dragging a file (or whatever) I would like to be
> able to abort the operation by pressing ESC (or something).
> This is something I (and probably many others) have got used
> to do in MS-WIN, and it is a bit annoying not a have an abort
> option of that kind (I have not detected one at least).

But please, if possible, use the opposite/other mouse button to 
cancel dnd operation. Would be a very useful feature, IMHO 
(and another candidate for the (pending) KDE patch area. 

> Is this possible with XDND? I have not looked at the specs
> for this protocol, but perhaps somebody has.

It's more a wm concern. Isn't it, Mathias?

Comments?
 
Hans-Peter

P.S.: Beg my pardon for not providing the relevant patch here...

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