Questions tagged [drag-and-drop]
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What is the name of the 8 white squares surrounding resizable views?
I came across this annoying moment while writing a how-to article and realized I didn't know the name of those white squares that surround views.
Here some images for clarification.
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Drag and Drop File into Application under run as administrator
Whenever I have an application running (Visual Studio 2008, Notepad, etc.) under "Run as Administrator", I cannot drag and drop files from Windows Explorer into the application.
I've tried running ...
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Disable ability to pull a tab off of Chrome
I'm so sick of mistakenly pulling my Chrome tabs out of the tab list when i click on it, and having it open in a new window. I'm always pulling them off, then having to drop them back.
Does anyone ...
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Drag and drop through Remote Desktop Connection
I use remote desktop on a daily basis and I find that I often need to quickly transfer files between my physical PC and the RDP, or even between different multiple remote sessions. I have network ...
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Use ALT to move windows in Windows like in Linux
In most Linux window managers, one can use the Alt key while clicking and dragging to rearrange windows. This is one of my favorite features of Linux window managers.
Is there a way to do this in ...
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How to undo an accidental drag and drop
This happens to me in Windows Explorer: I mean to open a folder and manage to move the mouse and accidentally drag the whole folder ... somewhere. Usually I notice, but not always (in which case I ...
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Google Chrome's drag drop feature stopped working
I am not able to drag & drop anything into google chrome. For instance, I was able to add gmail attachments using drag & drop until yesterday but today it does not seem to work. Basically when ...
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Disable COPY drag and drop in Windows Explorer in Windows 7
How can I disable copying files via drag-and-drop in Windows Explorer in Windows 7?
Note that I don't want to disable drag-and-drop completely nor in the start menu, just disable copying (duplicating)...
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Drag & Drop (a file) to Desktop Icons ceased to open it, Replaced with "Move to Desktop"
I used to be able to drag and drop files to some of my desktop icons (e.g. Notepad++, AstroGrep, etc.) to open them with the applications represented by those icons.
About a month ago (can't recall ...
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Virtualbox Drag and Drop not working, freezes at "Dropping Data 0%"
I've enabled Drag & Drop in Virtualbox, and I tried dragging a small file from host to guest (both are win7).
I get this dialog:
And it stays at 0% forever.
How can I fix this and make Drag and ...
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Windows 7 maximized windows not draggable: how to enable?
On my current Windows 7 install (relatively stock from Lenovo) I cannot click-and-drag on a maximized window and drag it onto my second monitor.
On my older computer (another Lenovo laptop w/Win7 -in ...
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Windows 8 - can't drag files from Explorer and drop on applications
In Windows 8 I find I can't drag files to applications like I've been able to do for as long as I can remember. Example:
Drag MP3s to Winamp
Drag folder full of music to Winamp
Drag videos to VLC
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FileZilla can't drag and drop to Windows Explorer
When I try to drag and drop to my desktop or any folder outside of FileZilla, I get an error:
Could not determine the target of the Drag&Drop operation. Either the shell extension is not ...
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Right Drag on Mac
How do you perform a right-click-drag operation on Mac hardware? I know you can right click, but there does not seem to be a right click drag gesture. In my specific case I am using a MacBook Pro, ...
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Drag and drop a tab to the bookmarks in Chrome
I'm using Google Chrome on my work but at home I use Vivaldi. I really miss a feature there: you can drag a tab to the bookmarks in order to save it.
However, Google Chrome only creates a new window ...
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How to disable drag&drop of links by default?
I would like to disable the default behavior of Firefox which causes links to be drag&drop elements because it prevents selecting part of the text with the mouse in order to copy it. I never drag&...
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Edit Windows Context Menu entries after right-click drag and drop operation
In the Windows registry, where can I find the Context Menu items for Explorer right mouse button drag & drop?
In Windows Explorer when you right-click and hold on a folder then move the cursor to ...
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Drag and drop image from Windows Explorer to Outlook email (2013) as inline image
I would swear that was possible in earlier versions of Outlook:
Open New Email in Outlook
Ensure HTML Format
Drag .png file from Windows Explorer into the email
I wish the email is now part of ...
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Make Windows always copy files when dragging and dropping them
Is there a way to change the default drag and drop behavior in Windows 7?
As of now it seems that if the location is on the same drive it'll move onto the other, otherwise if they are in different ...
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Running powershell scripts by drag-n-drop file or folder on it
Is there any way of running a powershell script by drag-n-dropping a file on it (just like you would drag-n-drop a file on a .exe file)? It would be also nice to be able to do the same thing with ...
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How can I change the default drag and drop action on a folder in Windows 7?
I have a special folder which I always drag and drop many files to. How can I change the default "Copy to" action to be "Move to"?
This is what I mean:
I know I can do it by pressing Ctrl or Shift ...
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Abort drag-and-drop from a busy program
When the following happens:
I start a drag-and-drop operation, starting from application ABC.
Application ABC locks up (temporarily)
I release the mouse button
then, until application ABC finishes ...
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OSX Drag and drop sensitivity setting?
Is there a setting in OSX Lion that allows me to change the drag and drop threshold? I am using a Wacom intuos4 tablet and when working fast I sometimes drag files or tabs instead of just clicking ...
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Disable Drag (not drop) in the Windows Explorer Navigation Pane
I find myself occasionally grabbing some random folder and dropping it into some other random folder in the Windows Explorer navigation pane (the left hand pane with the folder list).
The really big ...
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Firefox: Downloading files with drag and drop
In Firefox, if you drag and drop a URL (pointing to MyDocument.PDF, for example) into Total Commander (or Windows Explorer), Firefox will create a link (MyDocument.URL pointing to MyDocument.PDF) ...
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How to enable text drag-and-drop in Sublime Text 2?
I'm on Ubuntu 12 and the drag-and-drop feature of Sublime Text 2 refuses to work even though it is explicitly enabled in the configuration file:
"drag_text": true
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Windows XP drag and drop switch focus to target
To open one or several files in a specific application i often select the file(s) in explorer and drag them to the target application.
My next step is always to perform some action on the recently ...
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How does "Drag and Drop" work in the X window system on Linux?
I'm an old-school dinosaur, and I'd like to understand how drag and drop works on the X window system under Linux. Is it build into the X protocol? Is it a function of the window manager? Do ...
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Drag and drop using the notebook touchpad?
How can I drag and drop using the notebook touchpad?
I'm using Windows Vista on a Dell Inspiron
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How do I add a 'Create symlink' to the right mouse button drag and drop context menu in windows?
Specifically I want to add a command to create a symlink of the selected file/folder and place it in the destination folder.
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why doesn't explorer copy files when control-dragged?
In one of my systems, when I drag and drop a file it does not honor the pressing of the control key.
That is, when dragging in the same drive, it always moves files and does not copy them. And when ...
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Drag and drop minimizing windows in Win 7/10 involving taskbar
In Windows XP images from web browser can be dragged and dropped to desktop by holding file over taskbar while lmb is held down, then window minimizes itself and desktop shows up and you can drop it ...
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Changing drag & drop behaviour in Windows 7's explorer for touch screen use
I have a new touch screen, and am playing around with its functionality. The most productive use for me is organizing files (literally) by hand. It's fun working through a list of files, dragging and ...
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Disable folder drag and drop in Thunderbird
Is there any way (config / plugin) to disable the drag and drop of folders (not messages) in Thunderbird? I often use this feature accidentally, screwing up my whole mailbox.
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How to drag and drop images from Windows Explorer to Excel?
When I drag and drop image files from Windows Explorer to Excel,
nothing happens.
Can you make it work?
I’m particularly interested in jpg/png or ico files,
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Vista Remote Desktop Mouse Drag Not Working
I've been using Remote Desktop to connect from a Windows Vista machine to a Windows XP machine. Everything used to work fine, but a few weeks ago I found that I could not drag things with my mouse. ...
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How to Drag-and-Move Files between drives on Windows 7 by Default?
Whenever I drag files from my desktop to a secondary drive on my Windows 7 PC it copies by default. I know I can shift+drag it over but what I'd like to do is make the default move instead of copy.
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Right-button drag-drop function in Gnome
While I don't really miss the annoyances that go with working on Windows, one thing I do wish I had in Gnome is the ability to hold the right-mouse button down on a file and drag it to get the context ...
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Any way to get OS X-like Open dialog drag-and-drop behaviour on Windows?
In OS X, dragging and dropping a file from the Finder into a system Open File dialog causes the dialog to navigate to the containing folder and select the dragged file.
I would like to have the same ...
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Why doesn't usual Drag&Drop work in Windows 10?
I just installed Windows 10, after years spent with Windows 7.
Drag & dropping a .wav file into SoundForge is something important in my workflow. Why doesn't it work anymore in Windows 10?
Maybe ...
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Drag and Drop vs. Copy and Paste in Windows Explorer
Is there a difference between dragging and dropping a file vs. copying and pasting in Windows Explorer? I read on a forum that dragging is more reliable than copying. Is this true? Can copying ...
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Chrome: Disable drag and drop of links with text
Sometimes I want to copy certain text from website (like a song name from Spotify) but because the text has a link on it Chrome will drag and drop the link (see screenshot with the "Unanswered" text ...
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Dragging and dropping folders onto the command prompt in Windows Vista/Server 2008
In Windows XP I'm very used to being able to drag a folder or file (from Windows Explorer) onto a command prompt and have it paste there the full path to that folder or file (including quotes if ...
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Drag and drop images from a webpage into a local folder
I used to have this problem on my Windows XP, and then Vista computer and managed to find a fix to stop it happening - but I can't find any information this time round.
I am using IE8 and Windows 7 ...
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How does Windows drag and drop with a file work behind the scenes?
The Windows Operating System has a very convenient drag and drop feature, which is very common knowledge to any user, but there's a technical view of it; some developer at some point in time added ...
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Internet Explorer 11: Dragging a link to the new tab button no longer works
The image pretty much sums up my problem. It used to work, now it doesn't. What changed?
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How to disable tabs drag & drop in Chrome? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Disable ability to pull a tab off of Chrome
I want to fully disable tabs drag & drop in Google Chrome. I still want to be able to slide my tabs and arrange them, but I don't ...
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Can't drag and drop files from OS X Lion to Samba share
I have an Ubuntu box running a Samba share that I use to share files in my network. Since upgrading my mac to Lion I am unable to just drag and drop files from my mac into the mounted drives to copy ...
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In Windows, what is a built-in way to make drag-and-drop more difficult to occur accidentally?
Is there a "native" Windows way to prevent users from accidentally moving folders and files due to accidental "drag-and-drop"?
Because of the default of a 4-pixel movement needed to trigger a drag-...
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How to enable drag-and-drop in(to) the navigation of the Windows 10 explorer?
Image of me not being able to drag and drop the file on the right into the folder on the left:
I can drop it into the folder above "(downloaded) setups and programs",
but only via the right window.
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