Drag/drop problems

[orange]

I am having problems with the drag and drop functionality stop working. I don't know what I do to make it stop working, I have found that closing and re-opening XYPlorer will get it to start working again. Does anybody know of any reason this might happen?

[admin]

Are you using the current version?

[orange]

I'm sorry, for some reason I'm not getting notified about replies to my posts, so it's been almost a month now. I have downloaded the latest version and will see how it works.

Thanks,
James

[pat55]

I am having problems with the drag and drop functionality stop working. I don't know what I do to make it stop working, I have found that closing and re-opening XYPlorer will get it to start working again. Does anybody know of any reason this might happen?

I have had the same problem - same solution. ver 17.20

[admin]

"stop working" -- what exactly happens or does not happen?

[Nozavi]

Same problem here

"stop working" -- what exactly happens or does not happen?

I'm unable to drag an item and the cursor doesn't change when attempting to drag the item.


This is more of an FYI for me, since the bug can be solved by restarting xyplorer, but the problem is definitely there, I've encountered it several times (and I'm running 17.40).

[admin]

Thanks for the info.

The question is what did you do before it stopped working? There must be a particular step that alters the state of the machine. If you can show me that step (this problem never happened here) it will be easy to fix.

[Jerry]

Just a guess, but is either or both of the source and target locations of the drag/drop on an attached drive that is temporarily in sleep mode? I work with many attached drives which go into sleep mode after a while, but still stay connected to the system. Performing any file operation on the sleeping drive causes delays and unresponsiveness in drags. But it clears up once the drive awakens.

[Nozavi]

The question is what did you do before it stopped working?

I think I finally figured it out. I had a clue about the source (remote locations) of the problem, but I wasn't sure where to start looking...

It seems to stop working after entering the credentials to a network location (samba share)... like \\192.168.1.100

[admin]

Puuh, that does not trigger anything in my head. Logon interfers with drag and drop???

Can anybody here confirm this?

[Nozavi]

Just had the "bright idea" to double-check this on a second/different workstation... and... yup... after logging in to a network location, drag and drop is gone... selecting, manual copy/pasting, etc works, but drag and drop is not...

[admin]

Thanks.

Looking at the code I don't see any possible connection. Nevertheless I now have one idea that's worth less than a cent, but anyway. Try next beta version...

[Nozavi]

Still there after the latest beta Sooo this bug is here to stay?

[admin]

I let you know when I see something, but there is not much hope. This does not look like a thing a can fix.