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 Drag and Drop with Swing
Drag and drop is initiated with a gesture, which is almost always a mouse down followed by mouse drags.
Drag and drop involves a drag source and one or more drop targets, each of which is associated with a component.
Drag sources, drop targets, drag gesture recognizers, and transferables must be created and a cast of listeners implemented for even the simplest drag and drop operation.
java.sun.com /products/jfc/tsc/articles/dragndrop   (1460 words)

  
 Drag-and-drop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Workplace Shell of OS/2 uses dragging and dropping extensively with the secondary mouse button, leaving the primary one for selection and clicking.
As a feature, support for drag-and-drop is not found in all software, though it is sometimes a fast and easy-to-learn technique for users to perform tasks.
In computer graphical user interfaces, drag-and-drop is the action of (or support for the action of) clicking on a virtual object and dragging it to a different location or onto another virtual object.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Drag-and-drop   (465 words)

  
 OLE D&D
Drag and drop is a very efficient method for managing two objects and their data, or for managing the geography of objects on the screen.
Drag and Drop is the technique we will dig even deeper into as a user interface tool understanding the various states of objects during a drag and drop process.
With external drag and drop the source and target of the operation are not in the same application and there is a necessity for the target and source to negotiate with each other regarding on exactly what should happen and how it should happen.
jamesbooth.com /newpage2.htm   (4244 words)

  
 Drag and Drop in Windows Forms - A Primer - Introduction (VB.NET) - Developer Fusion, the UK developer community - VB, ASP, C#, .NET, PHP and XML tutorials & source code
Drag and drop is a very familiar visual aid in Windows operating systems and it is fairly straight-forward to apply the technique in.net but try and find a good example and you'll probably get what I got - how to drag some text from one textbox to another or something along those lines.
Drag and Drop events allow us to visually show that a Drag and Drop operation is in effect with little mouse indicators that say "Keep going buddy.
Come on we want to know how to drag treeview items from one to another, how to move files into a folder in a listview or even better how to be able to move a control around a form.
www.developerfusion.co.uk /show/2692   (675 words)

  
 Drag and Drop Transfer Details
As a widget writer, you are responsible for supplying the UTM underpinnings of a drag and drop operation.You may also provide various drag and drop icons; however, the application or user may override your choices.
Drag and drop is similar to primary transfer.
This chapter focuses on the UTM underpinnings of drag and drop.
docs.hp.com /en/B1171-90150/ch10s06.html   (978 words)

  
 Drag and Drop
This document describes the Drag and Drop Service used to transfer data with mozilla and other applications via drag and drop and assumes the reader is familiar with the Transferable object discussed in the previous document.
Drag Sessions are transient, and the lack of its existance means that there is currently no drag in progress.
For clients that are doing their own drop feedback, it is important to point out that an exit event will be generated after the drop is processed to allow for any kind of cleanup (erasing the drop feedback, perhaps).
www.mozilla.org /xpfe/xptoolkit/dragDrop.html   (1234 words)

  
 Drag and drop - Computing Reference - eLook.org
He holds the button down while moving the pointer (dragging the file) to another place, usually a directory viewer or an icon for some application program, and then releases the button (dropping the file).
Overall, drag and drop took some 40 times longer to do than single-key commands.
The biggest problem with drag and drop is does it mean "copy" or "move"?
www.elook.org /computing/drag-and-drop.htm   (235 words)

  
 Drag and Drop
Informs the drag source that the drop is finished, and that the data of the drag will no longer be required.
If set for a widget, when a drop occurs, GTK+ will will check if the drag matches this widget's list of possible targets and actions.
Also, the Drag and Drop API makes use of signals in the GtkWidget class.
developer.gnome.org /doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-Drag-and-Drop.html   (1403 words)

  
 Documentation: FOX Drag and Drop Facilities
Drag and Drop refers to the facility in FOX that allows entities to be dragged not just from within one part of an application to another, but also between applications.
If the Drag Type information is not enough, the Drop Target may have to inquire the actual data from the Drag Source and inspect it.
The Drop Target and Drag Source may not only be different programs, but also may be programs running on different machines with different byte orders and different word lengths.
www.fox-toolkit.org /draganddrop.html   (2611 words)

  
 What is drag? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
To drag an object across a display screen, you usually select the object with a mouse button ("grab" it) and then move the mouse while keeping the mouse button pressed down.
The term drag is also used more generally to refer to any operation in which the mouse button is held down while the mouse is moved.
For example, you would drag the mouse to select a block of text.
www.webopedia.com /TERM/d/drag.html   (136 words)

  
 Drag-and-Drop Transfer
Make the target of a drag-and-drop transfer the control on which the drop was performed; if the control holds a selection scope, then it is the insertion point within that scope.
Drag all selected elements in the scope when the user presses the SELECT button and then moves the mouse on a selection.
Initiate a drag when the user presses the TRANSFER button and then moves the mouse on selections and elements that can be dragged.
docs.hp.com /en/B1171-90149/ch01s39.html   (925 words)

  
 Drag and Drop Sample Walkthrough
These lines of code trigger a drag and drop event, passing it the selected text in the edit control as well as the directive to support all drag and drop effects.
When it is pushed down, we will need to trigger a drag and drop event to the system so that the all the text in the edit control can be passed onto another drop target.
Now we need to enter the code for parsing the file data that gets passed in whenever a file is dragged and dropped from the Windows File Explorer.
msdn.microsoft.com /vjsharp/productinfo/visualj/visualj6/technical/tutorials/dragdrop   (1642 words)

  
 ONDotnet.com: Implementing Drag and Drop in Windows Forms
One of the benefits of using a windowing system is the ability to drag and drop objects from one window to another.
In fact, there is no difference in dragging and dropping between controls (in an application) and multiple applications.
Our Clipboard Ring allows text to be dropped on it, as well as text to be dragged from it and dropped elsewhere.
www.ondotnet.com /pub/a/dotnet/2002/11/11/dragdrop.htm   (1899 words)

  
 kirupa.com - Drag and Drop Using Targets
Dragging and dropping objects involves....dragging and dropping objects.
When you dragged a color brush and dropped it on the computer, you should have noticed that the computer's color changed to reflect the color from the brush.
Drag the yellow paintbrush and drop it on the computer.
www.kirupa.com /developer/actionscript/dragdrop.htm   (1111 words)

  
 tut-drag.htm
In programs which support drag and drop operations, the cursor changes to an icon (indicating a drag operation is taking place) and when the mouse is released the icon reverts back to a normal cursor (indicating that the drop operation is now over).
The visible, outward sign of a drag and drop operation is the appearance and then disappearance of an icon during the operation.
While the code you write to respond to a drag and drop operation can be fairly complex, the mechanics of a drag and drop operation are fairly simple and logical.
www.garybeene.com /vb/tut-drag.htm   (884 words)

  
 X vs. XP > Drag and Drop
Though neither OS can claim perfect intuitiveness when it comes to drag and drop, OS X has the edge in terms of its depth of implementation, flexibility with the user, and intuitiveness in terms of acting as you would expect it to.
The only way to open a.txt file in Word via drag and drop is if the Word window is open yet no documents are open w/in Word.
Dragging a list of items (as well as copying and pasting that group) attempts to paste the contents of the items into the document.
www.xvsxp.com /draganddrop   (2734 words)

  
 XDND: Drag-and-Drop Protocol for the X Window System
Dragging text is straightforward since there are several well-known formats, including text/plain and text/enriched.
The basic requirements for such a protocol are that it provide visual feedback to the user during the drag and that it allow the target to choose whatever data format it prefers from among all the formats that the source can provide.
Once the widget has said that it will accept the drop and as long as the action remains the same and the mouse remains in the same part, the widget gets all the XdndPosition messages so that it can re-draw itself to show the user where the data will be inserted, if appropriate.
www.newplanetsoftware.com /xdnd   (4794 words)

  
 What is drag-and-drop? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
When implemented well, drag-and-drop functionality is both faster and more intuitive than alternatives, such as selecting options from a menu or typing in commands.
You can, for example, create a picture with a draw program, select it, and then drag it into a document that you are editing with a word processor.
Describes applications that allow you to drag objects to specific locations on the screen to perform actions on them.
www.pcwebopaedia.com /TERM/D/drag_and_drop.html   (173 words)

  
 J2EE Training Course
You can drag components or graphics around a GUI in releases before Java 2 but that is not drag and drop.
Motif drag and drop A seminal article discussing the details of drag and drop in X/Motif.
It notifies the component to display "drag under effects", checks the validity of the current flavor and operation and handles the actual data transfer (the drop).
www.rockhoppertech.com /java-drag-and-drop-faq.html   (1834 words)

  
 Marcelo's WebLog : Do Da Drag Dance, Dude
There are two sides of this: the drag provider, and the drop consumer.
On the consumer side of things, DragDropEffects refer to what the provider will allow you to do on entry, and on output it refers to what you actually intend to do with the content.
You can try firing up multiple instances of the app and dragging rectangles around, pressing the Ctrl key or releasing to change between moving and copying.
blogs.msdn.com /marcelolr/archive/2005/05/03/414490.aspx   (993 words)

  
 Drag & Drop
Drag and drop is a procedure where you grab something (selected text, a file, a picture, or whatever) and drop it into a new location.
To drag and drop, click the item you want to drag to the new location with your left mouse button.
Once you're hovering over its new home release the left mouse button and it'll be "dropped" into place.
www.worldstart.com /tips/computer-terms/termdraganddrop.htm   (101 words)

  
 Drag-and-Drop Genetics: Monohybrid
Drag genes from the left side of the table into the top right box to create the genetic cross.
From the remaining genes, drag genes into the middle box to make the Punnett square.
For percent answers, include the percent sign with no space after the numbers (ie.75%).
www.zerobio.com /drag_gr11/mono.htm   (107 words)

  
 Drag & Drop in Navigator 4 - webreference.com
In this first of a two-column mini-series, we will discuss basic drag & drop concepts and how to achieve this effect in Netscape Navigator 4.
Elements that can be dragged by the user will be appearing not only in fun, game sites, but e-commerce sites as well.
First, let's look at what a drag really means.
www.webreference.com /dhtml/column6   (323 words)

  
 JavaScript: DHTML Library, Drag & Drop for Images and Layers
The idea behind wz_dragdrop.js was not merely to drag around some layers or images on a page in IE only, but also to be a cross-browser clientside API for interactive webpages and webbased applications.
Download the JavaScript Drag Drop library, unzipp it and save it as wz_dragdrop.js into the same directory as the html file.
Assuming that their behavior is essentially the same as with their Linux and Windows counterparts, I've given Gecko browsers, Netscape 4 and Opera 5+ unlimited access to execute the Drag and Drop JavaScript.
www.walterzorn.com /dragdrop/dragdrop_e.htm   (999 words)

  
 Drag and Drop
We will probably not be creating a drag and drop trail, after all.
How to Use Drag and Drop and Data Transfer
The page tells how to use the drag-and-drop support built into Swing components in v 1.4.
java.sun.com /docs/books/tutorial/dnd   (71 words)

  
 Home - Drag And Drop Limited
Drag And Drop is pleased to announce that it is working with Jupix (www.jupix.co.uk) the internet based estate agency management solution.
Drag And Drop have opened a US office to handle licencing and support of it's entire product range in the Americas.
Initially we will be working on accepting a feed from Jupix that will save estate agents time by automatically importing their listings directly into the PM2 database.
www.drag-and-drop.com   (192 words)

  
 Drag and Drop
Now, when a Drop gesture/event occurs, both the Morph dropped on and the dropped Morph get a chance to "say no".
If either the the dropped or dropped-upon Morphs answer false, the dropped Morph returns to where it was picked up.
Finally, the Morph which was dropped gets the #justDroppedInto:event: message so that it can do any required state changes as well.
minnow.cc.gatech.edu /squeak/1479   (495 words)

  
 Drag & Drop Sortable Lists with JavaScript and CSS
Drag left or right triggers drag and drop.
It was this example and the slide arranger example which illustrated that the better interaction is to base this on the position of the cursor, which is how the script works now.
You'll notice if part of this list is below the fold, it requires at least 2 drags to move an item from the beginning to the end (technically 3 drags if you count the one on your browser's scrollbar).
tool-man.org /examples/sorting.html   (826 words)

  
 perl.com: A Drag-and-Drop Primer for Perl/Tk
Local drops are fully supported, but there is no standard for remote drops.
The drop destination is the widget upon which we drop the source widget.
The drag source is the widget that we drag.
www.perl.com /pub/a/2001/12/11/perltk.html   (1049 words)

  
 GTK+ - Drag and Drop
Internally, GTK+ supports both the new Xdnd drag and drop protocol, which is rapidly gaining support, and the Motif drag and drop protocol.
GTK+ provides a set of interfaces for supporting drag and drop that are both easy to use and highly customizable.
There is a low-level interface that allows for detailed customization of the drag-and-drop behavior, and then a high-level, simple interface that allows the most common types of drag and drop to be accomplished with very little code.
developer.gnome.org /arch/gtk/dnd.html   (243 words)

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