copying files by dragging

[Gareth Walker]

I can't find a relevant setting in Thunar to change what happens on
dragging and dropping from digiKam. Pressing CTRL, ALT or SHIFT doesn't
seem to help either.

I have tested old digiKam appimages and have found that versions up to
7.3.0 copy images on dragging to a folder or the desktop using Thunar;
starting with version 7.4.0, dragging a file moves it.  Is there a way to
have the old (pre-7.4.0) behaviour restored please?

Thanks,

Gareth

On Mon, 1 Jul 2024 at 12:34, Gareth Walker <walkergareth474 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks.  What I don't really understand is why one version of digiKam
> works one way, and another version works another way, on the same system.
> That suggests to me that something has changed about digiKam between the
> two versions (7.1.0 and 8.3.0), rather than this being down to the file
> manager. But if anyone can suggest how I can get Thunar to copy the files
> rather than move them when I drag them out of digiKam 8.3.0, or any other
> solution, that would be much appreciated.
>
> On Mon, 1 Jul 2024 at 11:36, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> When we drag, we start a "copy" operation. We cannot influence whether
>> the file
>> manager adheres to this. Here under Plasma, Dolphin asks whether to copy
>> or
>> move when dropping. Check whether there is a setting in your file manager
>> or
>> whether a key has to be pressed when dropping to copy.
>> If the drop is made in an external program, we get no response.
>>
>> Maik
>>
>> Am Montag, 1. Juli 2024, 10:17:43 MESZ schrieb Gareth Walker:
>> > I have two digikam AppImages available, 7.1.0 and 8.3.0.  I'm using
>> Ubuntu
>> > 24.04 and XFCE. On 7.1.0, dragging a thumbnail from digiKam onto the
>> > desktop or into a folder on the Thunar file manager copies the file to
>> the
>> > new location.  On 8.3.0, clicking and dragging moves the file.  Is
>> there a
>> > way to get the 'old' dragging behaviour on the new version of digiKam?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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