Questions tagged [drag-and-drop]
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Can I "drag" a file into a window without a file manager?
(I'm on Arch Linux, using i3 as my wm and xterm as my terminal emulator, though I don't know if any of that is relevant.)
Occasionally, a website asks me to drag a file with my mouse from my desktop into the internet browser's window. Almost always,…
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Drag-and-drop without the drag
I sometimes need to drag-and-drop files onto an application. (Example — but my question here is not installing Chrome userscripts.) One solution is to use Dragbox, which opens a window from which I can drag a file specified on the command line.
It's…
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How do I change the drag and drop threshold in Linux? (I'm using Gnome 3)
I'm not sure if it's a gnome setting or something deeper into the Linux OS, but I'd like to change the drag and drop threshold.
It happens too often on my clickable touchpad that I try clicking and it highlights text instead because I barely moved…
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How do I install userscripts in Chrome on Linux?
Help! The only way that Chrome allows userscripts to be installed now is by downloading the file to my local system then dragging and dropping it into the extension manager interface. However when I try to drag it over, nothing happens!
I've tried…
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How Drag & Drop works in linux?
Should one learn the implementation of clipboard first, or drag and drop (D&D) is completely independent?
Which components contain code, which is related to D&D? (link to .svg will be the best answer)
Is it necessary to patch DE to implement…
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Drag and drop between windows in tiling i.e. minimalist WMs?
Do any any minimal WMs, like scrotwm or xmonad (OR any others), support drag and drop between windows out of the box? If so which? If not, is there a way to enable such functionality?
A classic example would be to have a file manager in one window,…
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Mouse continues "dragging" or "highlighting" after I release left button
I just moved over to Antergos (Arch-based) from Ubuntu with XFCE and Awesome WM. I use a HP laptop with a touchpad.
When I hold down the left mouse button to highlight text or drag an icon, the drag or highlight action continues for a short amount…
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Which configuration option controls whether Nautilus "copies" or "moves" a file/folder on drag and drop for a remote target directory?
In the Nautilus file manager (Files 3.6.3), when dragging and dropping a file into a directory, the behaviour appears to be dependent on the file-system location of the target folder. (either local or remote)
Dragging and dropping to a local…
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How to elaborate multiple selected files by drag & drop 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 with an icon, which then executes e.g.…
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Desktop environment agnostic folder backdrop for wmaker
I recently stripped down my debian box, abandoning all desktop environments and running just WindowMaker with some self-written startup files. While I love the simplicity and speed of this setup, there is one thing I miss: I can no longer drop files…
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Right button drag with synaptics
I thought it would be useful to tap-and-drag with two fingers, which would represent dragging with right mouse button. But after reviewing synaptic man options I can't see any option close to this. Is it possible?
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Parse a dragged path from a remote machine
I am writing an application that needs to be able to parse a path that is dragged from a remote server onto the command line. However, when I drag a path from a remote machine to the terminal I get something that looks like the…
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How to configure or disable Linux click-and-drag selection feature?
Linux has this specific feature where dropdown menus are opened on a click and the mouse button can be held down, dragged and released on the wanted menu option to select it without having to click and release twice.
I am unsure where this feature…
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"Drag'n'Drop-Execute" functionality in KDE
In Windows you can drag and drop a file into an executable and the executable will be launched with the file as it's first argument.
Is such functionality possible on Linux?
I'm using OpenSUSE 12.1 with KDE and Konqueror as the file manager.
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How do I make a droplet/.app in platypus for my unix command?
This is my sample code from the platypus tutorial.
I am trying to make it work with a command named pymol, and I want it to open .pdb files or open just pymol. I know nothing about perl, but I have basic sh knowledge and can do aliases and modify…
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