Summary: | File chooser only allows files to be drag-and-dropped to the text field, not the main file view | ||
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Product: | [Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kio | Reporter: | Nate Graham <nate> |
Component: | general | Assignee: | David Faure <faure> |
Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
Severity: | wishlist | CC: | kdelibs-bugs, nate |
Priority: | NOR | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Target Milestone: | --- | ||
Platform: | Other | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: |
Description
Nate Graham
2017-04-11 16:18:45 UTC
As a user, I would have expected a drop to a file dialog to move the file to the open folder. This might be the reason it was not implemented. I'll note that the behavior works the way I'm proposing in Mac and GTK-based file choosers in Linux OSs. So if the user is at all familiar with those platforms, that might not be their assumption. If so, actually moving the file on a drag is semi-destructive. The whole drag-a-file-into-the-file-chooser-to-change-the-view-to-show-that-file is an incredible productivity booster in the Mac and GTK Linux worlds of the type that I sorely miss when I'm forced to use Windows. Workaround: drag the file to the text box, not the file view, which pastes in the path and accomplishes the desired workflow. I still think dragging a file to the main file view should do the same, given that right now it does nothing and displays a "can't do that" cursor. Might as well have it do something useful and in the process match the behavior of the macOS and GTK file choosers. |