RE: Default DnD behavior (was RE: GMC feedback / comments)

["Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>]

How about having the left drag prompt you, then the user gets a choice.
Then have the (whatever the default is) happen on the middle drag. Then the
inexperienced user will get a choice and the power user will have a shortcut
method.

I agree with the default being the same in all cases. User selectable is a
verry good idea as well. 
Maby the stock default should be copy
There could be a menu called D&D
under D&D there would be three radio buttons
COPY
MOVE
LINK

Then when a power user wants to do mass moves, he just selects move, and
middle draggs everything across. Then he wants to link a fiew things. He
selects Link and middle drags afiew links... You get the idea.

I think this setup would flow quite nicely...

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Josh Steiner [SMTP:jsteiner@antioch-college.edu]
> Sent:	Friday, March 05, 1999 11:01 AM
> To:	gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject:	Default DnD behavior (was RE: GMC feedback / comments)
> 
> I kind of sway back and forth on this issue.  This should definitely be 
> user definable, but i think that the default should be a _consistent_ 
> behavior.  Ie, if people thikn it is best to default to the safe route, 
> then it would always link.  I can use modifiers like meta or control or 
> shift to make it do other things.  In windows i STILL forget sometimes 
> how it will behave when I drag something and that makes me made 
> considering I've been using widows a LOT...60+ hours a week while i was a 
> programer in an NT company :(  Consistancy is good.  Though as long as it
> is 
> user configurable so that i can force it to behave consistantly I'll be 
> ok :)
> 
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