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- From: gohel@zeus.csee.usf.edu (Himanshu Gohel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps,comp.windows.open-look,alt.toolkits.xview
- Subject: Re: (?) Print Tool deleting files when it's not supposed to...
- Keywords: drag-n-drop onto an illegal site
- Message-ID: <1992Dec7.141539.24167@ariel.ec.usf.edu>
- Date: 7 Dec 92 14:15:39 GMT
- References: <1992Dec3.185302.21839@cs.uno.edu>
- Sender: gohel@zeus (Himanshu Gohel)
- Reply-To: gohel@csee.usf.edu
- Followup-To: comp.sys.sun.apps
- Organization: U of South Florida, Dept. of Computer Science
- Lines: 35
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- In article <1992Dec3.185302.21839@cs.uno.edu>, emurphy@cs.uno.edu
- (Edward Murphy) writes:
- |>
- |> ...[deleted]...
- |>
- |> When a file is dragged form the File Manager and dropped onto the
- |> box, it is printed and everything is fine. However, when the file is
- |> dragged and dropped onto the "Files:" field, it is not printed AND it is
- |> removed! This is an interesting "feature" which I have not been able to
- |> find documented.
-
- Something of this nature was discussed either in comp.windows.open-look
- or alt.toolkits.xview, I don't remember which. Basically the person
- who replied said that what you're doing when you drag a file onto the
- "Files:" field is asking to *MOVE* the file from the File Manager to
- that location; so it does that! (This is similar to dragging a file from
- one folder in the file manager and dropping it into another)
-
- As opposed to that, when you drop it onto a legal Drop site, it doesn't
- move it, it sends a copy to the Print tool.
-
- |> After some experimentation. we've determined that such an action (i.e. the
- |> filed being deleted after dragging and dropping) can be reproduced
- |> anywhere ... [deleted]...
- |>
- |> My first instinct is, this is a bug. If it is, does anyone have a fix? If
- |> it isn't, then what the heck is going on?
- |>
- According to the above description, it is not a bug, it is
- 'apropriate' behaviour. You must use the legal drop sites for the
- action you wish to perform.
-
- --
- Himanshu Gohel, Gohel@csee.usf.edu
- U of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620-3140
-