Alan Martin wrote:
> kenneth marken wrote
> 
> k> hmm, is there a way to detect the main area of a window and have the
> k> drop effect happen there, rather then on the titlebar of the window?
> 
> Even if Bruce made that possible, as a settable option for the
> default drop behaviour, I don't think you would like the result.
> 
> A drop into the main child window (i.e. the editable document part)
> might be OK for some applications but consider MS Word for example.
> If you drop on Word's title bar, the file is opened as a new
> document window; if you drop in the main editing area it becomes
> an embedded object. Other programs all have their own individual
> way to react to that kind of drop.
> 
> Because of that, I think Bruce's idea is better - an option to make
> the default drop on an active button behave the same as dropping
> onto Windows TaskBar. That would allow you to make a suitable kind
> of drop on *every* program - provided you know what that particular
> program's drop targets are.
> 

i see how thats the best option, i was just thinking out loud...

> Bruce wrote:
> B> To Do
> B> I'm planning two more things for this release
> 
> B> - fix dialog positioning for date.get
> B> - look whether I can implement an option to show window corresponding
> B> to active button when dragged file hovered over that button
> 
> I think that means: after the window is Shown, you could drop
> anywhere (including the main doc area if you wish) depending on
> the program and your choice for this occasion.
> 

yep, just like the normal taskbar. hover for 2 secs and the window pops 
to front.


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