Re: drag and drop in gnome

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Svanberg Liss <lisss@ydab.se> writes:

> > GTK_DEST_DEFAULT_DROP
> >                       If set for a widget, when a drop occurs, GTK+
> >                       will will check if the drag matches this
> >                       widget's list of possible targets and
> >                       actions. If so, GTK+ will call
> >                       gtk_drag_data_get() on behalf of the
> >                       widget. Whether or not the drop is succesful,
> >                       GTK+ will call gtk_drag_finish(). If the
> >                       action was a move, then if the drag was
> >                       succesful, then TRUE will be passed for the
> >                       delete parameter to gtk_drag_finish().
> 
> Do the GTK/GDK allow the programmer to play odd tricks with the DnD?
> Say, if I realizes that a widget ( in another application ) accepts drops,
> then I could fake a user drag to that widget from one of mine? Or, I could
> fake a drag request from that widget, to me...
>
> ( Sometimes I have wished that this would be an opportunity. Instead of
> dragging data, I could "attach" it to the pointer, and click the data in
> place. )

Not really. It would be possible to recycle some of
the low-level GDK DND interfaces for this purpose, but
it would be quite a bit of work.

Regards,
                                        Owen