On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:18:35 +0100, Maurizio Colucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What we need IMO is > > 1. Introduce a way to act on the open folder itself. Mind you: not only to > drag it, but also to copy it, move it, delete it, create a link to it, etc. > Simply adding a drag handle is not enough.
I just had the idea of turning the window into a folder when dragging the window and pressing a modifier key. So you would grab the window by its title and press say CTRL down and the window "shrinks" to a normal folder drag icon with the normal effects of folder dragging (copy/move, modifier to pop-up the list of choices and so on). If you release the CTRL but not the mouse button, the window would revert to normal. I do realize that the modifier keys are already more or less occupied (SHIFT and ALT at least), but maybe this would be a candidate for the mostly unused window key. And before anyone cries "undiscoverable!", the modifier keys always are. But that does not mean we should not use them at all. -- Kalle Vahlman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
