Hi all,
>> I usually start a drag operation with ctrl-drag in my apps. I just realised
>> that this (no longer) works under GNUstep. Instead a context menu is
>> raised!? I first thought this was due to a WindowMaker setting. But I see
>> the same behaviour under xfce. Has this changed in GNUstep over the years?
>> On MacSOX and with the old GNUstep tree (we were using years ago) we could
>> happily use Ctrl-left-mouse-down and then drag to initiate a drag operation.
>> Can this be reenabled somehow (may be with a global default) in the current
>> GNUstep release?
>
> I am not using Drag&Drop that much in GNUstep. This might be because I
> implemented it and still feel bad about it. But the basic principles haven’t
> changed since your version of GNUstep. For GNUstep itself no modifier key is
> required to start a drag operation pressing the left mouse button (which may
> of course be redefined to the right or any other one) of the mouse and moving
> the mouse a bit should start this. Of course specific views may require
> additional keys to be press to start specific operations. Gorm uses this when
> creating connections between elements. Gorm is really the best place to start
> testing D&D with GNUstep as this gets used a lot there. And there it is also
> easy to see when a Window Manager steals a specific key combination. In that
> case you will have to either reconfigure your WM or define different
> modifiers in GNUstep. For GNUstep the simplest way to redefine modifiers keys
> is in SystemPreferences.
Sorry for the noise. I am actually connecting via Jump Desktop to a virtualised
Ubuntu box running on a hypervisor. It turned out that Jump Box was stealing
the Ctrl-Mouse Left combo and transformed it into a right-click!? :-( I could
switch this off. Now dragging works!! :-)
I have not yet managed to get Command - ... (e.g. Command - q to quit an
application, Command - w to close a window,...) working though.I have
defaults write NSGlobalDomain GSFirstCommandKey Meta_L
on GNUstep so the instance should be ready to go. But it seems Jump Desktop is
not forwarding Command - ... shortcuts through to the remote instance. I have
tried out all possible settings in the Jump Desktop preferences. Is anyone
using Jump Desktop to access a remote GNUstep/Linux instance?
So close to becoming productive ... :-)
Thanks a lot,
Andreas
