From kde-devel  Tue Jul 31 17:51:16 2001
From: Rik Hemsley <rik () kde ! org>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 17:51:16 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Why XGrabDisplay on XDND?
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=99661215204467

#if Ilya Konstantinov
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering - why does Qt grab the display upon beginning a
> Drag and Drop operation? This prevents shortcuts like Alt-Tab from
> working, requiring the user to resize the source and target windows
> in such a way so the drop area in the target window would be visible.
> 
> In Windows, there were two ways to easily drag-n-drop between windows:
> 1. Alt-Tab between Windows while holding the draged object
> 2. Dragging the object to the taskbar and hovering it for a second over
> the taskbar button of the target window to Restore the target window.
> 
> In KDE, you have to arrange your windows before a drag-n-drop, and it
> doesn't seem to change in Qt3 (which still uses XGrabDisplay).

Could you please ask on qt-interest@trolltech.com or send a bug to
Trolltech ? I don't think this is a KDE-specific issue.

Rik

 
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