>>That would save the hassle of trying to do anything to clever in th JS
Depends if you consider doing clever stuff in the JS a hassle :) There is certainly nothing wrong with the duplicate method you have outlined, however i feel the best solution really is to stay inline with how users copy and paste folders in there OS file managers. Call me lazy by duplicating the branch then dragging it to its destination is more work than it should be ;) Paul -- geoff http://www.daemon.com.au/ Paul Harrison wrote: > Hey Neil, > > I do like your idea of a cumulative clipboard /viewer and it would be > something to work torwards. To start off with however,the first > iteration of copy functionality will as you said - ' replace anything > you have in the clipboard'. Clicking paste will obviously alert the > user to what they are copying etc and require a confirmation. > > Cheers > > Paul > > >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/16/04 8:20 PM >>> > > Hey Paul, > > Like you said, its what people are used to etc, this option could work, > its > not as easy as Drag & Drop but I too can see the issue of dragging and > dropping (mistakes etc...). It may benefit from a Clipboard > viewer/history > as well where you can purge or look at what you have or had in there. > > Would the logic simply be : copy will peplace anything you have in the > clipboard or shall it be culmulitive based on a setting on how many > copies > you can save? > > Neil > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul > Harrison > Sent: 16 January 2004 12:13 > To: FarCry Developers > Subject: [farcry-dev] Re: Drag and Drop > > Cool. The gui for this will be a paradigm everyone is used too. Right > click > on a tree object and choose "copy", then right click on destination > object > and choose "paste". Figured that really is the easiest way - agreed?. > Paste only appears : > > *when something has been 'copied' > *when you have have clicked on a node that the copied object type is > allowed > to site under. eg paste wont appear in your context menu if you've > copied a > nav node and are trying to paste on an image etc. > > Paul > > > > > >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/16/04 7:54 PM >>> > > Defo!! > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul > Harrison > Sent: 16 January 2004 11:41 > To: FarCry Developers > Subject: [farcry-dev] Re: Drag and Drop > > Hey guys, > > i've done alot of the groundwork on this already, just haven't got > around to > piecing it together. Realistically i cant see it getting done prior to > the > 2.1 release this coming week, but i will certainly aim for the first > minor > update post release :) Ian/Neil - I will send you a copy for testing > when > its ready if you want. > > Paul > > >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/16/04 7:14 PM >>> > > Can I add a 'yes please' (when someone has time!) to this one. > > Many of our pages are modified copies of previous ones (e.g. course > lists > updated for date changes). Of course, for the moment we can just > cut'n'paste > html into a newly created page's body, but it would be nice to either > have > an option to copy a nav node/page as a draft from the tree or have a > 'use > this page as a template' type action. > > Regards > Ian Welsh > > > "Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > in > message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Hey, >> >>Is there any way that with the drag and drop you can actually > > copy/duplicate > >>what you are dragging rather than moving it? 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