Drag-and-drop to open folder

rulle · Post by **rulle** » 2003 Dec 12, 13:59

It is sometimes difficult to drag-and-drop between panes if an open folder contains only archives (and a lot of them). The default action is to add to the selected archive, and I haven't found any keys that will disable autoselection of archives (and put the files next to the archives instead of inside them).

Would it be possible to enable drag-and-drop to the pane header instead?(don't know proper term, but I mean where file path is displayed)

Post by **nikos** » 2003 Dec 12, 14:04

this isn't as easy as it sounds
but if you have a little space past the last column (ie resize it to reveal a small gutter on the right), it is going to do what you want

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2003 Dec 12, 21:08

... and there's always the mouseless way to copy selected files to the opposite pane (as mentioned in alpha.txt):
using the "F5, Enter" sequence, or [Ctrl+F5] to copy with no confirmation dialog box.

{Substitute "F6" to move the selected file(s) to the opposite pane}

rulle · Post by **rulle** » 2003 Dec 12, 21:40

Very nice, thank you! F6 - gotta remember that.

mimeryme · Post by **mimeryme** » 2003 Dec 13, 04:25

I miss 2x's pathbar, as I'm still going back and forth trying to find that bit of space; being stubborn with full row select and detailed view and all. The thing about drag-n-drop is that you can do more than just copy/move if it is an archive.

Anyway, what I wanted to point it out was that items can be dragged on to a scrollbar if it is present. Another way to manage, in case no space is available.

rulle · Post by **rulle** » 2003 Dec 13, 08:12

That actually does the trick too. Thanks!