On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:42:18 +0000 (GMT), Michael Drake wrote:

> The browser window core code informs the front end how a drag has been
> interpreted, so that the front end can do something specific for it. 
> Maybe we need that for the treeview code too?  So that dragging a
> selection shows the "marching ant" selection box,

Would be handy if the core could draw the "marching ants" unless
there is any particular reason for the front end code needing to do
this (I can't think of one, and they look pretty much the same in
all OSs).

> dragging a hotlist entry shows that something is being moved

Would be handy for the core treeview to show where the item is going
to be dropped too - a simple line moving between entries would
suffice.

> In order to make use of desktop filetype sprites for tree icons, the core
> would need to be altered to ask the front ends for bitmap structures,
> rather than content structures.

I'm keen on this idea, using PNGs is a pain as you can't be sure they
will look anything like the user's desktop icons.  It would also be
nice to be able to use favicons, but I suppose that might need to wait
for the new cache?

Chris

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