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[How to] Drop file on Tab: Move instead of Copy?

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 13:35
by binocular222
As title say

Re: [How to] Drop file on Tab: Move instead of Copy?

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 13:58
by PeterH
Right mouse?

Re: [How to] Drop file on Tab: Move instead of Copy?

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 14:05
by binocular222
No option for left mouse?

Re: [How to] Drop file on Tab: Move instead of Copy?

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 15:03
by admin
Hold SHIFT.

Re: [How to] Drop file on Tab: Move instead of Copy?

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 15:40
by bdeshi
SHIFT = move, CTRL = copy, ALT / SHIFT+CTRL = shortcut
btw, WE has also had this for a long time.

Re: [How to] Drop file on Tab: Move instead of Copy?

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 09:27
by Stef123
binocular222 wrote:No option for left mouse?
An old wish of mine as well. For a die-hard keyboarder those occasional drag-operations always turn out a rather dragging experience. Right or left, what modifier keys to hold down....

Good thing XY has the confirm dialog as a safety net, a real boon, which led me to suggest this enhancement: Instead of the sleepwalker's OK and Cancel, the dialog could be revamped into a conscious decision helper:
Copy | Move | Cancel
3 Buttons instead of 2, but easy enough to click your way to success. On the first go-around, no need to cancel out and try again with Alt/Shift/right mouse whatever .......

Re: [How to] Drop file on Tab: Move instead of Copy?

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 10:09
by admin
Stef123 wrote:
binocular222 wrote:No option for left mouse?
An old wish of mine as well. For a die-hard keyboarder those occasional drag-operations always turn out a rather dragging experience. Right or left, what modifier keys to hold down....

Good thing XY has the confirm dialog as a safety net, a real boon, which led me to suggest this enhancement: Instead of the sleepwalker's OK and Cancel, the dialog could be revamped into a conscious decision helper:
Copy | Move | Cancel
3 Buttons instead of 2, but easy enough to click your way to success. On the first go-around, no need to cancel out and try again with Alt/Shift/right mouse whatever .......
SHIFT = move, CTRL = copy, ALT / SHIFT+CTRL = shortcut
Got it brain-wired since Win95.

Copy | Move | Cancel?
Hmm, I rather decide beforehand if I copy or move. Then I'm happy with just ENTER to mean OK.

Re: [How to] Drop file on Tab: Move instead of Copy?

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 10:39
by Stef123
admin wrote: Copy | Move | Cancel?
Hmm, I rather decide beforehand if I copy or move. Then I'm happy with just ENTER to mean OK.
My suggestion was meant as an OPTION or tweak. An alternative to brain-wiring :lol: for the less daring among us. On rare occasions, when you're on the phone and can't use both hands to hold down modifier keys, it's distracting and not really a good time to run trial-and-error attempts.

Sure, the right-mouse drag - but I am not very apt at that, if not to say haptically impaired, the price you pay for favoring keys over mice. Anyway, no biggie, just thinking it were another chance to do things better than Windows, to save users some "what-the-heck-..???" aggravation after crashing the mouse-drag into table utensils.

Re: [How to] Drop file on Tab: Move instead of Copy?

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 10:52
by admin
You really should practice right-mouse drag, it's worth the sweat...

Re: [How to] Drop file on Tab: Move instead of Copy?

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 13:20
by Stef123
I am beginning to see what you mean, lots of options .....