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0 pointsjrowen3mo ago0 comments

Yes, it can get tricky if you have to scroll a bunch, e.g. moving a file in a big directory into a subfolder, trying to hit that one pixel where it will scroll up, or using two other fingers to attempt to scroll, while holding the drag finger down...(CLI pros, you win this one).

I would like a desktop pick and place that works like drag and drop, you click and then it sticks to the cursor, but you are free to do whatever gestures until you click again.

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sunrunner3mo ago

> while holding the drag finger down

I'm not sure if this is common on other desktop operating systems but the 'Drag Lock' feature on macOS allows you to double-tap an item, then drag it without holding the button down to begin a drag. At that point lifting your finger continues the drag until you tap once to release it.

I would be amazed at how many people using macOS have never found this option except I'm not sure I've ever seen it being called out as a feature, and nowadays it's also buried deep under Accessibility settings (the irony) instead of just being a Trackpad option, so a lot of users might not even think to go there.

stonecharioteer3mo ago

Double tap or double click is to open a file. If you're using it to do anything else, that's so counter intuitive.

sunrunner3mo ago

I never said it was intuitive, only that it exists ;)

I’d argue that double-click to open a file is also not intuitive, but it is now the expected behaviour. Documents don’t have to be touched twice in real life to have them open and reveal their secrets. Plus, I do use Drag Lock, so that behaviour now does feel intuitive to me.

There’s a lot to be said for what is effectively learned behaviour in intuition.

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0 pointsjrowen3mo ago0 comments

I would like a desktop pick and place that works like drag and drop, you click and then it sticks to the cursor, but you are free to do whatever gestures until you click again.

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sunrunner3mo ago

> while holding the drag finger down

stonecharioteer3mo ago

Double tap or double click is to open a file. If you're using it to do anything else, that's so counter intuitive.

sunrunner3mo ago

I never said it was intuitive, only that it exists ;)

There’s a lot to be said for what is effectively learned behaviour in intuition.

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