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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    RE: DND in kpanel (was Re: RFC: new KPanel application menu)
From:       Andreas Krogh <andreak () xcon-data ! no>
Date:       1999-07-14 15:16:57
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While speaking of DND in Kpanel, it would be nice to have some
indication of where the menuitems/icons are draged(or about to be
dropped). This would be handy when reorganizing your icons in kpanle.
How about implementing moving kpanel with the middlebutton(like GNOME)
moves it around the screen(changes its orientation).

--
Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreas@nettverk.no>

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	iglio@fub.it [SMTP:iglio@fub.it]
> Sent:	14. juli 1999 17:10
> To:	kde-devel@kde.org
> Subject:	Re: DND in kpanel (was Re: RFC: new KPanel application
> menu)
> 
> At 16.59 14/07/99 +0200, you wrote:
> >On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Pietro Iglio wrote:
> >> There is already a threshold, but it is not enough. If you forget
> that
> >> DND is enabled and start moving in the menu with the mouse button
> down
> >> (occasionally I do that, and I guess other users do the same), the
> drag
> >> starts anyway. Yes, you can stop the accidental drag pressing the
> middle
> >> button, but it is annoying and not for beginners.
> >> 
> >> Since it seems that most of you don't like the "use middle button"
> option,
> >> and I don't like the idea of disabling DND by default, the "use
> shift +
> left
> >> button to drag in the menu" option (suggested by Preston) is the
> best in
> >> my opinion.
> >> 
> >> I know that using an extra key for DND is not in the UI guidelines,
> but
> >> I prefer a solution that is a bit incoherent, but less annoying.
> Note that
> >> latest MS systems have the same problem we are discussing.
> >
> >How standard is it that ESC interrupts such an operation? I use it
> >frequently to cancel drags, but honestly I don't know if that is on
> >Windows or on Linux as well...
> >Anyway, if it works ALWAYS, I think pressing ESC during a drag is a
> >good way to cancel it, isn't it?
> 
> Agree with ESC (it will be used), but I like to abort a drag without 
> moving my left hand (I'm very lazy). After I have implemented "middle 
> button aborts drag", I have discovered that Windows does the same!
> (it's just a coincidence, I didn't copy their idea).
> 
> 

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