Hi,
When you drag and drop a file:
- between 2 folders of the same hard drive, then it is a "move" file
- between 2 folders on different hard drives then it is a "copy" file
That is for Windows Explorer.
Do you know the rationale behind that?
And for xplorer² Professional, it is the same.
Do you know a trick so that dragging and dropping a file always results in a "move"?
Drag and drop behaviour: copy or move
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Re: Drag and drop behaviour: copy or move
Press the Shift key before you drop the file.
Re: Drag and drop behaviour: copy or move
Hi Robert,
Many thanks!
Many thanks!
Re: Drag and drop behaviour: copy or move
see here for more options and explainers www.zabkat.com/blog/27Jul08-agile-drag-drop.htm
Re: Drag and drop behaviour: copy or move
Your blog's posts are very interesting, thank you Nikos!
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Re: Drag and drop behaviour: copy or move
Or Drag file/folder with right mouse button down. When you Drop it at destination you'll be presented with a menu "Copy here, Move here, Create shortcut here, Cancel". 3rd party shell extensions may add further options, eg WinRAR has options to create an archive at the destination.Robert2 wrote:Press the Shift key before you drop the file.
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Windows 10 Pro (64 bit) version 1809 - Xplorer2 version: Pro 2.5.0.4 [Unicode] x64 2014-06-21
Re: Drag and drop behaviour: copy or move
RightPaddock, thanks for that great option!