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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Drag and drop indicator
From:       Michael Jarrett <eyyovsyr () umail ! corel ! com>
Date:       2001-03-08 20:45:16
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I like it because that's where I'm looking when I drag, so I know if the
drag will be accepted. Though what WOULD be cool is if an app would
blink it's titlebar when it's willing to accept something being dragged.
That's just eyecandy tho.

Wilco Greven wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> While reading about the XDND protocol I came across the following
> comment from John Lindal:
> 
>     "In my opinion, programs should not change the cursor during the drag
>     because this provides the user with the most consistent picture. The
>     user is always dragging the same data, regardless of whether or not
>     the current target will accept it. It is the target that should
>     change to show whether or not it will accept the drop.
> 
>     However, if you want to be Microsoft compliant, you have to
>     change the cursor. As usual, Microsoft got it backwards...
> 
>     The single exception that I endorse is adding a small symbol to the
>     cursor to show that the requested action will be performed, instead of
>     XdndActionPrivate. For an example, refer to the page on dragging
>     files."
> 
> I have always found that changing the mouse cursor was very distracting, so I
> wholeheartly agree with this comment. What do you guys think about this?
> 
> Greetings,
> Wilco
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