Submitted by jan_rifkinson on 2010/07/31 11:06
Why would this behave differently than drag drop from desktop?
 
Drag / Drop file or URL Link from desktop forces a useful dialog to open
Drag / Drop URL from address bar from Chrome dumps URL onto grid as item..... less useful
 
I think both Drag / Drop situations should open the useful dialog.

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I'm working on this right now. Stay tuned...
 

jan_rifkinson

2010/08/06 13:19

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 Thanks, Pierre. 

Drag drop has been significantly enhanced. Now, it functions essentially the same way for local files as for web browser URLs. The revised UI is :
 
When dropping a file:
 
When dropping a browser URL:
 
Notes:
  1. It is now possible to automatically create a Windows Shortcut when dropping a file . The shortcut is placed in the .files folder. There are pros and cons to this.
    Pros: If the file is moved, the shortcut will update (IIRC, this works for NTFS drives).
    Cons: I don't think this plays well with USB drives and IQ's smart search for files will find the shortcut (not the original file), so it may be a problem
  2. When dropping an URL, the same dialog appears, with a few options disabled, since not applicable
  3. It is also possible to automatically create an Internet Shortcut. when dropping a file . The shortcut is placed in the .files folder.The main advantages of using a shortcut, is to use Dynamic Hyperlinks (link is defined by the File link fields)
  4. For files, shortcut filename is the file filename.lnk. A number is appended to the filename if it already exists (and is pointing to a different file)
  5. For URL, shortcut filename is the domain name.url. A number is appended to the filename if it already exists (and is pointing to a different URL)
Coming soon (in 0.9.25pre-rel28)
 

jan_rifkinson

2010/08/07 17:39

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Excellent improvement, simple, direct & user friendly. Thanks Pierre. 
Errrr.... would creating link in html pane be the result of drag / drop onto HTML pane?
Otherwise, why would user use that option?

Pierre_Admin

2010/08/07 17:55

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[quote=jan_rifkinson]
Excellent improvement, simple, direct & user friendly. Thanks Pierre. 
Errrr.... would creating link in html pane be the result of drag / drop onto HTML pane?
Otherwise, why would user use that option?
[/quote]
 
Not the same at all... :
  1. Drag to the grid (saved to the html pane creates a new item and the URL is displayed in the HTML pane
  2. Drag to the HTML pane adds the URL to the content of the HTML pane which may or may not already contain some text

jan_rifkinson

2010/08/10 09:37

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Aha !! Tx