[Konsole-devel] [Bug 160583] Drag & Drop Menu from Konsole 3 is gone

[Eike Welk]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160583





--- Comment #12 from Eike Welk <eike welk post rwth-aachen de>  2009-07-12 01:40:53 ---
In bug #66479 it was criticised the the pop-up menu is disruptive. Which is
true, but I find it more disruptive in Konqueror/Dolphin.

To increase the fluency of working with this feature I propose "Drop Targets"
instead of the pop-up menu.

When the user drags something into Konsole's window, objects (maybe colored
rectangles) should appear, that symbolize the actions. These objects are the
"Drop Targets". When the user drops something (an URL) on a "Drop Target" the
associated action is performed. Additionally there should be a default action,
which is performed when the "drop" happens in the remaining area of the window,
which is not covered by "Drop Targets".

I think those "Drop Targets" should be implemented as differently colored
rectangles of medium size (bigger than buttuns). They should contain a little
bit of descriptive text, and an maybe an icon. In principle however these drop
targets could be arbitrarily shaped or animated images. (For example: small
animated dragons that take the dropped URL with their claws, read them, and
then transport the files with little trucks. :-))

These "Drop Targets" can also be shown when a "drag" pauses over a tab in a
tabbar, an application button in the Panel, or an applet.

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