Re: Frame around the desktop when dragging

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 09:41 -0500, Vincent Noel wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 11:38:10 +0100, Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 14:37 -0500, Vincent Noel wrote:
> > > Hey all,
> > > Recently, a nice feature was added to drag-n-drop in nautilus : a
> > > frame appears in the window that is the drag-and-drop target.
> > > While I think this is useful and adds to usability, it seems to
> > > confuse some users :
> > >
> > > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165754
> > 
> > This is standard Gtk+ behaviour for DnD targets. I don't see why it
> > would be confusing.
> > 
> > > I'm not saying the feature should be totally disabled, but maybe it
> > > would be possible to disable the feature when the drag target is the
> > > desktop window.
> > 
> > It might be a bit hard to detect it for the desktop since its often
> > covered, but is it confusing?
> 
> Well I don't think it's confusing either. I think it's a big win for
> usability. But as you can see in the bug report, some users don't
> agree :-P
> 
> Basically I'm just looking for a definite "that's the way it is, and
> it won't change" kind of answer.

that's the way it is, and it won't change.

:)

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