Drag and drop behaviour: copy or move

[Simicro]

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"?

[Robert2]

Press the Shift key before you drop the file.

[Simicro]

Hi Robert,

Many thanks!

[nikos]

see here for more options and explainers www.zabkat.com/blog/27Jul08-agile-drag-drop.htm

[Simicro]

Your blog's posts are very interesting, thank you Nikos!

[RightPaddock]

Press the Shift key before you drop the file.

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.

rp

[Simicro]

RightPaddock, thanks for that great option!