copying files by dragging

[Maik Qualmann]

Well, there is no relevant change in the drag and drop implementation for 
Linux since digiKam-7.3.0. There are only changes that affect Windows 
exclusively. This can easily be seen in the Git history.
Changes can also be made by using a newer Qt version, but we only have limited 
influence on this.
I see that we set the copy and move flag (but copy is set by default). We can 
remove the move flag for testing purposes after the release of digiKam-8.4.0.

Maik

Am Donnerstag, 11. Juli 2024, 15:12:59 MESZ schrieb 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?