Re: [Nautilus-list] Re: Moving and copying files

[Darin Adler <darin eazel com>]

>> I have an idea for how to move and copy files,  we could have a metaview
>> would be just a blank box that you could drag files into, if you alt-drag,
>> it could be a copy, if you regular drag, it would be a move.  When you drag
>> the file there, it would actually be moved to /tmp, or whatever.  Then you
>> could navigate to the location that you wanted to move the file, and drag
>> it out of there to the final destination.
>> 
>> I tried to post this to the list, but I don't think that it worked.

This same idea was suggested by kabalak gmx net  The bug report is bug 565.
I gave it the title, 'Create "holding area" for convenient dragging'.
<http://bugzilla.eazel.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565>.

    -- Darin