I think this idea rocks. The normal solution most applications use - the black line that shows wheter you're draging an object into or below another object, is nice, but can confuse and is sometimes hard to do (with a jagged mouse, e.g.).
The hovering solution is the best, and can take Thunar a step further other common file managers. A user chooses folder A this is inside folder B, and want to move it into D, a folder in the sidepane. He drags A into D, and on the moment his mouse is hovering D, the content of D is shown on the main pane. He puts it there, and Thunar goes back to the previeus view. If he wants to drag A into the sidepane, to add it as a shortcut, he just leaves it anywhere in the sidepane. He shouldn't care seeing D in the main pane for a few moments. I hope you got the idea - it may sound complex, but I think it can put some smiles on Thunar new users, giving them options without confusing them. Yo'av. On 3/8/06, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Harold Aling wrote: > > > > > Doug Whiteley wrote: > > > >>On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 13:25:07 -0300 > >>"Rodrigo Coacci" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Is it possible to do DnD on a Favorite? Because with my last SVN version, > >>>when I tryed to drag a folder into a favorite (expecting it to cp/mv into > >>>it) it just created another Favorite... I don't know if this is the > >>>expected > >>>behavior, but I think it's not very much intuitive.... > >>> > >>> > >> > >>I would hazard a guess that that is the expected behaviour, because > >>otherwise how would you add a favorite if the favorite side pane was full? > >>There would be no empty space to drop the desired new favorite onto. > >> > >> > > There can be a visual difference between dropping something between or > > on current favorites... Where have I seen this before? > > This is perfectly possible, and has been done plenty of times. However, > it's definitely not easy to do. Also, If I understand correctly, Thunar > is to be an easy-to-use file manager, and this difference is definitely > a subtlety that many people will be confused by. Besides that, master > mousemanship should never be a requirement to the use of a program. > > This is an interesting point, however, and it prompts me to dig up an > old coffin: the ability to change directories during drag'n'drop by > "hovering". All this crazy stuff about snapping back the original > directory after dropping, opening new windows etc. are just confusing > toys. If hovering just changes the directory for the current window > until instructed otherwise, then I think that's constructive behavior. > It's also consistent with the current pathbar behavior. Right now the > only way to dnd between "far away" directories is to open a new window. > With simple hovering, you've still got that option. There's my rant, > and I feel like the whole idea has been rejected because somebody else > got cute. With so many different implementations, "expected" behavior > is almost non-existent. > > >> > >> > >>>-- > >>>Abraços, > >>> Rodrigo > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Thunar-dev mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Thunar-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev > -- Yo'av Moshe http://www.PlaceOnEarth.org _______________________________________________ Thunar-dev mailing list [email protected] http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev
