Questions tagged [drag-and-drop]
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How to drag & drop several files to elaborate each file in a bash script?
I'm using Dolphin in a KDE Plasma 5 Desktop Environment. Here I wrote a bash script, which can elaborate exactly ONE file, when I drag a file from Dolphin and drop it on a ".desktop" defined script ...
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Excel 2007 Formula Drag
My excel drag is NOT working. I have ensured that in excel options the "Enable fill handle and cell drag-and-drop" has been selected, as well as that the calculations are "Automatic."
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What to Do if Drag&Drop Doesn't Work in Manjaro/XFCE/LightDM
I'm aware that in Linux several different components are required to make some graphic appear on the screen and have mouse actions cause some intended behaviour. However, I'm not familiar enough with ...
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how do i change the drag and drop function for a specific drive?
I would like to change the default drag and drop action for the E:\ drive on my windows 10 machine from copy and paste to move. But I cant find how do do this for just the one drive. I found a way to ...
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Add files to 7-Zip archive by dragging then onto the .7z file?
With WinZip, it's possible to drop a set of files onto a zip/zipx file, which results in the files being added or moved (depending on how you drop them, in the usual Windows manner) into the archive. ...
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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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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?
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Drag delay on Mac + Trackball
I use a Kensington Slimblade trackball with macOS Sierra. I'm noticing a weird glitch where the system never seems to begin a drag where I'm initially clicking. This problem runs throughout my ...
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Drag Links to Folders Toolbars on the Taskbar
I often have the need to drag a URL-link from my browser to a folder that is shared via a cloud backup service. That way I have those links available to me at work or vis–à–vis. (This method works ...
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Drag and Drop Items into Subfolders from Desktop Without Opening an Explorer Window?
My inquiry (in my opinion) seems pretty silly but, it's just based on making my "desktop cleaning" a little more convenient.
I like using folders to keep my files neat and organized but, I don't ever ...
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Dropbox web-client drag-drop from file-system
With the personal edition version that is installed on my Windows 7 computer, when dragging a file from the file system to a Dropbox folder in the web browser, a file already in the Dropbox folder ...
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Windows 7 drag&drop files onto the adress bar/directory path of the explorer (like in win8)
I've been using windows 8.1 for the past years, and just installed windows 7 ultimate. However, I am missing a very convenient feature, which allowed me to drag n drop files into any directory that ...
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Why PCMan File Manager only partially supports Drag & Drop to browser
PCMan File Manager is an extremely fast and lightweight file manager with Drag & Drop support.
However, when I try to drag files from it and drop into browser, the most convenient way of ...
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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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Windows Server 2012 R2 Drag Drop Icons
This question is specifically for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2. Like so many other versions of windows, the default behavior is to render the largest icons possible during drag and drop. How do ...
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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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Drop a file onto a desktop icon to attached it to a new email?
Hello Superuser Community!
I already tried searching for a solution but I could not find anything. What I want to do is the following:
I would like to be able to drop one (or best any number) of ...
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possible to disable text-drag in Windows 7?
A feature I despise, which I never use except by accident, is the ability to drag highlighted text. Sometimes I'll be trying to select a passage, for cut-and-paste, and as I'm dragging the mouse down ...
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Mac drag and drop not smooth and fast as in Windows
I am new to MacBook Pro, just purchased. I was at windows doing drag and drop very fast as it is compared to mac.
Example: I want to drag a picture in the browser from my desktop in windows -> I will ...
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Windows 10 explorer: drag file into subfolders
On Windows 10, I'd like to be able to drag files into a folder and also subfolders within that folder, as can be done on OS X. Is this possible in Windows? Right now I have to drag it into a folder, ...
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change Windows 10 drag files (icon size)
When I drag a file to move to a folder in Windows 10, the icon that shows is so large that it hides the folder name. I want to know how can I re-size the icon that shows, or remove it altogether? (I ...
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How to force copy default for drag-n-drop to a folder on Windows 7? [duplicate]
As described here, on Windows 7 machines, by default, when you drag a file to another folder on the same drive, it moves the file there. This can be overridden by holding down the control key on the ...
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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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Is there an easy way to create a drop event in a running GUI app from the shell?
Normally, I work in a terminal in a desktop window. I chat with co-workers in Slack, which is a GUI only app. I can share files by dragging and dropping them from Nautilus, but it would be nice if I ...
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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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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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Can't drop file from Explorer anywhere (except to Explorer) on Windows
It's been now a week since I am not able to drag and drop file from the windows explorer. Basically, the mouse pointer becomes a 🛇 prohibited sign every time I am trying to drop a folder or a file ...
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Drag and drag unfunctional in programs started from Launchy in Windows 10
What is causing programs started from Launchy to lose drag-and-drop functionality in Windows 10? There were no problems like this before I installed Windows 10 (Windows 8, 7, Vista, etc), so I think ...
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How to set Synaptics locked-dragging Timeout under Windows?
I have Lenovo Ideapad Y510p with Synaptics Clickpad and running Windows 10. I like to have Locked-Dragging feature but Synaptics settings application only allow to either turn it On or Off. However, I ...
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I can’t drag any of the icons in my dock in Mac OS X
I can’t drag any of the icons in my dock. I cannot reorder the icons and I’m also not able to drag the contents of a docked folder that is expanded to trash. The icons react to the drag by opening the ...
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Drag starts too slow
Recently when I want to drag an item, it starts way too slow. I drag a folder, then a second or two later, the folder snaps to the mouse. I recorded the process.
Video.
Not sure what changed...it ...
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Effects of Drag & Drop and Copy-Paste on FAT32 file table
I have a digital music changer that simulates a cd changer for my car radio. It can read mp3 files from an SD card, however the order of playback is determined "by time the file was copied to the SD ...
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Disable automatic folder selection during drag & drop move operations in Outlook 2013
Sometimes, when using the drag and drop method to move emails, I'll click and hold on an email, start dragging it, and as I move the mouse over another folder before I release the mouse button (i.e. ...
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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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Dragging a file to another disk on Windows won't delete it
When you move a file from a specific disk let's X to another disk (let's say Y) it won't delete the file from X unless you cut it, and I know that's the default behavior on Windows : but is it ...
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Does VirtualBox allow sharing between a host and guest in practice?
I'm having a heck of a time sharing data between a host and its guests in VirtualBox. The host is Windows 8.1, x64 (fully patched). Virtual Box is 4.3.30 r96997 (fully patched).
The guests are listed ...
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How to drag and drop a list of files onto a window
I have a very long list of files of type .png located in a .txt file. Is there any way I can drag and drop this list onto a running Windows program? I know for a fact this program accepts files when I ...
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Copy/paste and drag/drop does not work from host to guest in Ubuntu Virtual Box
I have just set up Ubuntu 12.04 in a VirtualBox (v. 4.3.15) under windows 7 host.
I set clipboard and drag-and-drop to be directional.
I can copy and paste from the Ubuntu to the windows side.
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Windows 7 Drag and Drop does not work, shadow 'hangs'
I am seeing a strange issue with my Windows 7 PC. I am trying to drag and drop items (files, folders, shortcuts, emails in outlook 2013) into folders or just around the desktop. When I attempt to do ...
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Prevent Windows Explorer from instantly waking drive?
I have two Explorer windows open. I want to move/copy something from right to left (along the red line in the image). It seems that even dragging at the speed of light Windows decides that it is wise ...
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Copy & paste from linux guest to windows host fails
I am running linux (Gentoo 3.15.5-hardened-r2) as a guest under VMware workstation 9.0.2, the host is Windows 7 Enterprise. My desktop environment in the linux guest ist KDE 4.12.5. I use the open-vm-...
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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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Can't drag and drop multiple emails from IBM Notes 9 onto file system folder
I'm using IBM Notes 9 Social Edition and I want to drag and drop multiple emails into a Windows file system folder (as .eml files).
I can do it with one email at a time but not with multiple.
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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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How can I drag and drop text from one Emacs window into another?
Is it possible to select text in one Emacs window and then drag-drop it into another window of the same Emacs session?
If so, how can it be done?
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Can't Drag'n'Drop files in VirtualBox from guest
I cannot drag & drop files from my guest system to my host one.
My host is Windows 7. The guest is Ubuntu 12.04.3.
I can drag & drop files from host to guest but not other way around.
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Why can't you drag/drop files from inside an archive to mounted devices in Windows Explorer?
Why is it when you have an archive open (for example using Winrar) that you can't drag and drop it's contents onto a mounted device in Windows Explorer such as the SD card in cellphones and tablets ...
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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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windows drag&drop:how to disable dropping to a specific application?
As we all know, we can drag and drop contents between applications. for example:
drag a file from Explorer to a notepad window.
drag an mail from Outlook to a word window to attach it.
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How to fix drag-n-drop in Teamviewer from remote Windows 8 machine to local Windows 7?
I am on W7 machine connected to W8 machine. Trying to drag files from W8 to local W7 machine - not working, but works the other way around.
Anyone has seen this before? Is there any fix to this?
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