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Subject:    Re: Drag and Drop Up-One-Level
From:       Phiilipp Weissenbacher <aon.912340043 () aon ! at>
Date:       2004-05-04 18:25:03
Message-ID: 4097DFFF.1090206 () aon ! at
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Jamethiel Knorth wrote:

> Although I've seen a lot of good discussion on this thread, I still am 
> thinking about the idea of dragging onto the Up-One-Level button. This 
> is, relative to many of the other suggestions here, a simple change to 
> make. It allows for moving files up a level, which is currently not 
> possible, it doesn't seem to overlap with any other drag-and-drop 
> behavior, and it seems fairly intuitive to me, as the button is 
> representative of the directory above the current one.
>
> Of course, on that thought, the home button might also be a valid 
> target. Back and forward could theoretically be, but I do not think 
> there is value in it, because it is often very hard to remember 
> exactly where they point, and you want to know exactly where you are 
> moving things. Also, with them between home and up, it would be easy 
> to accidentally hit them.
>
> So, what do people think of having the Home and Up-One-Level buttons 
> be valid drop-targets for moving files? (probably also valid targets 
> for DnD Saving, on systems that want that implemented)

Great! And so far the best solution.
I think if we do this with Home and Up-One-Level buttons we also should 
this with back and forward.
Ad the hard to remember problematic: we could avoid this by simply 
showing the path in a tooltip or, I think a better (?) way, would be to 
show the (last) directory in the current file view, but with focus 
around it to make it more clearly.

So you see I'd like it to be a powerful way to move files and some kind 
of equal to the "Copy/Send to" menus.

Greetings,
Philipp
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