On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 4:49 AM, Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> wrote: > On 02.08.2013 14:57, Rob Weir wrote: >> >> BTW, I received a more detailed note from the user, to my personal >> mail. It sounds like this was an unintentional use of drag & drop >> rather than a bug in how drag & drop works. >> >> It looks like there is a system-wide registry setting for rag & drop >> sensitivity in Windows: >> >> >> http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/can-you-turn-off-drag-and-drop-in-windows-7/81804779-a061-e011-8dfc-68b599b31bf5 > > > The link above leads to a community forum that explains how to change the > values of registry entry'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop'. To me > that does not look like something other applications (like AOO) should use. >
I don't think we should set a value there. But if a value is already set there, is there a reason why we should not follow it? Drag & drop is across applications as well, e..g, from browser to OpenOffice, as well as intra-app. So it make sense for there to be a system-wide setting for sensitivity. -Rob > -Andre > >> >> But I don't know whether OpenOffice follows that setting or not. >> >> I suggest we treat this like an accessibility issue. Some users may >> have limited finger coordination and accidentally invoke drag & drop. >> But it will be best if we can hook into OS-level accessibility >> settings for this. For example, we don't have "sticky keys" support >> or a setting for determining how fast a pair of clicks must be to be >> considered a double-click. We rely on the OS for that. If we could >> do something similar for drag & drop that would be great. >> >> -Rob >> >> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 4:26 AM, Andris Vanags [Multistate] >>> <andris.van...@multistate.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>> Please disable the DRAG AND DROP (probably called a feature but it's >>>> really a bug), or put in an option to disable it. >>>> I've just noticed that I've ruined a spreadsheet that's taken years to >>>> produce with data recorded in it daily. >>>> >>> Could you say a bit more about exactly how drag & drop caused >>> problems? Did it crash your machine? Did it work incorrectly? Or >>> are you saying that you were not aware of drag & drop and so you >>> caused changes to your spreadsheet that you did not intend? >>> >>> It would be good to narrow down the issue, so we can see whether this >>> is a bug in drag & drop itself, or something else. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> -Rob >>> >>>> Today I've found it's now all crap, useless, irreparable, a total waste >>>> of some 7 years work and research! >>>> Why didn't I create backups? I did, but the unadulterated ones are >>>> (before using open office calc) now well over a year old, so all the data >>>> entered since then is lost or patchy/intermittent at best; all the >>>> continuity is gone! Thanks for that! Seven years of work destroyed >>>> because >>>> someone didn't have the brains to disable this data ruining feature! >>>> >>>> I have to revert to Microsoft where this evil feature can be disabled >>>> and start work all over again. It really does go to show that there's a big >>>> difference between professionally produced packages and something that's >>>> free or just knocked up in someone's bedroom! >>>> >>>> If you want to help your users, get someone to look at this abomination >>>> before more work is irretrievably ruined. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential >>>> and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to >>>> whom they are addressed. >>>> >>>> If you receive this message in error, please notify: >>>> andris.van...@multistate.co.uk >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
