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3.3. Drag and drop functionalities



3.3.1. Drag and drop basics

Fof uses the Offix dnd library to provide a lot of drag and drop functionalities. The mouse button 2 (middle) is the drag and drop initiator. To make a drag and drop, follow these steps :

NOTE : By default, fof will ask you to confirm the drop, you can change this behaviour by setting the DndAlwaysConfirm variable to FALSE in the configuration file (see section 8).


3.3.2. Drag and drop operations

By default, the drag and drop operation is : COPY. You can use the following modifiers before starting the drag to change the operation :

NOTE : You can change these defaults by changing a few variables in the configuration file (see section 8).


3.3.3. A tour of the Drag and drop possibilities

The drag and drop can work in a single application as well as in separate windows.

Here are the different possibilities of drag and drop :