Idea #4704: When I drag and drop files on another partition, ask COPY or MOVE.

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Written by Cybercod the 15 Mar 08 at 05:20. Category: Look and Feel.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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Sometimes I have symlinked folders on the desktop that reside on other partitions. Moving stuff to these folders always copies, and I have to delete the originals. I'd rather either they just move, like they would for a normal folder, or they ask me whether I wish to move or copy.

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dominik.mayer wrote on the 15 Mar 08 at 07:11

This would be very annoying. You can just press the Alt key while dropping and it'll ask you what to do. Shift and/or Ctrl will change the behavior to copy, move or link.

dino99 wrote on the 15 Mar 08 at 07:54

better use with right click

Mario92 wrote on the 15 Mar 08 at 09:10

dominik.mayer write:
"This would be very annoying. You can just press the Alt key while dropping and it'll ask you what to do. Shift and/or Ctrl will change the behavior to copy, move or link."

I newer knew that one! thx!

jarko_ wrote on the 15 Mar 08 at 12:15

You can also drag and drop with the middle button of your mouse to get the menu.

Sand Lee wrote on the 15 Mar 08 at 15:32

Nag screen.
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wladston wrote on the 15 Mar 08 at 17:11

Would be cool if the idea worked with right click drag-n-drop.

cheiron wrote on the 15 Mar 08 at 20:28

"Would be cool if the idea worked with right click drag-n-drop. "

I wouldn't like that, since right-click-and-hold brings up the context menu.

Personally, I prefer to click and hold for the context menu, and just release the menu entry over the item in the context menu that I want.

A right-click-and-drag to get the copy/move menu would interfere with that too much. Middle click works much better for me.

This is one of those things that is probably just something to get used to between OSes - I know now that whenever I go back and use Windows, their right-click-and-release-only context menus confuse and confound me now.

Cybercod wrote on the 16 Mar 08 at 16:18

Middle-click+drag is cool, I just forgot about it.

Using ALT or something like that is cool, but I'm glad there is a way to do it with just one hand.

droetker wrote on the 25 Mar 08 at 22:38

nonono, please not.
This is one thing in KDE i HATE (although KDE is goot in other things...)

Keep It Small and Simple.

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