[ANNOUNCE] Spring loading folder behaviour (bad news inside)

[Germain Garand]

Le Vendredi 28 Mai 2004 07:56, Kévin 'ervin' Ottens a écrit :
> I'm still not sure that clicking a mouse boutton while you press one for
> your drag and drop operation is something easy to do... That's why I'd
> prefer to use the keyboard here. Generally your other hand is free and can
> easily reach a particular key.
>

Triggering this feature with a keyboard event would be a nice addition for a 
power user, but doesn't it put it out of reach of the ordinary user?

What about adding the following mechanism on top:

=> DnD on object over a folder 
 => *drop*
 => the drop popup menu opens:
 ________________________
|                        |           
|  Copy Here             |
|  Move Here             |
|  Link Here             |
|------------------------|
|  Resume Inside    Space|
|------------------------|
|  Cancel                |
|________________________|

Upon "resume inside" left click (not released), a new DnD is immediately 
initiated, and only then do you fire the SpringLoadingManager

Process goes on and on inside folder, the trigger always being the LMB 
release...

This scheme would defeat the patent while still providing intuitive 
functionality.
Not to mention it actually documents the shortcut key :-)

Other advantage: at any moment, the process can be canceled by selecting 
"Cancel"...

Greetings,
Germain