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Mac Forum / General / General / May 2008Dragging
All the time I used Windows, I avoided having to remember which drag was a copy and which drag was a move by using my right button and using the menu. Now that I'm using OS X at home, I find the choice is a bit more complicated, but don't see a menu option, so I use apple-c and apple-x instead. > All the time I used Windows, I avoided having to remember which drag > was a copy and which drag was a move by using my right button and > using the menu. Now that I'm using OS X at home, I find the choice > is a bit more complicated, but don't see a menu option, so I use > apple-c and apple-x instead. Doesn't the mouse and selection change to indicate what sort of operation you are doing?  Signatureclvrmnky <mailto:spamtrap@clevermonkey.org> Direct replies to this address will be blacklisted. Replace "spamtrap" with my name to contact me directly. >> All the time I used Windows, I avoided having to remember which drag >> was a copy and which drag was a move by using my right button and [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Doesn't the mouse and selection change to indicate what sort of >operation you are doing? I'm not understanding this. The mouse doesn't change. What I select is the files and/or folders I want to move or copy. With OS X, this can be either a move or a copy depending on whether I'm moving to the same disk or a different one. With Windows, I never did learn whether it was a copy or move - I just dragged with my right button, and a menu came up asking me which one I was doing. >>> All the time I used Windows, I avoided having to remember which drag >>> was a copy and which drag was a move by using my right button and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I'm not understanding this. The mouse doesn't change. What I > select is the files and/or folders I want to move or copy. I recall that the pointer or outline of the items you are grabbing change subtly depending one which one you are doing. I've used this visual cue to help reinforce which modifier key is copy and which is move. >I recall that the pointer or outline of the items you are grabbing >change subtly depending one which one you are doing. I've used this >visual cue to help reinforce which modifier key is copy and which is move. Ahh, if I didn't remember the default, I might remember this change then. Or maybe not. >>>> All the time I used Windows, I avoided having to remember which drag >>>> was a copy and which drag was a move by using my right button and [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > change subtly depending one which one you are doing. I've used this > visual cue to help reinforce which modifier key is copy and which is move. If you call a large green circle with a '+' in it subtle... SignatureI AM ZOMBOR! (kelly) ZOMBOR! > >> All the time I used Windows, I avoided having to remember which drag > >> was a copy and which drag was a move by using my right button and [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I'm not understanding this. The mouse doesn't change. What I > select is the files and/or folders I want to move or copy. The mouse cursor gets a little plus sign indicator if releasing the files where the mouse is "right now" will copy rather than move. It won't be present at all times because there's no mouse/keyboard combination that means "copy this no matter where I release it." It's option-drag to copy within a volume and command-drag to move from one volume to another. I've written a small bit of shareware called FileCutter that adds "Move To..." and "Copy To..." commands (among others) to Finder's context menu. Take a peek and you might like it. Or not, but it won't hurt to try. <http://www.splook.com/Software/FileCutter.html> |
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