version 3.9
a distinctly
different
desktop
enhancement
Feature Summary
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Feature Summary
The following tables provide a complete listing of every DragText feature that involves the use of MB2 (the drag button, usually the right-hand one). DragText's WPS classes provide additional features that are not included here.
Drag
- What you can drag (Dragged Item)
- Where it comes from (Drag Source)
- How to drag it (Required Action)
| Dragged Item | Drag Source | Required Action |
|---|---|---|
| Selected text * | most windows | highlight text, then drag
or press Alt-MB2 to pickup |
| All text * | MLE, Listbox,
& VIO windows |
press Ctrl, then drag or
press Ctrl-Alt-MB2 to pickup |
| Entryfield
& Static text |
drag without highlighting
or press Alt-MB2 to pickup; |
|
| Clipboard text | DTClip icon | drag from icon
or press Alt-MB2 to pickup; |
| File or Object
named in text |
most windows | highlight name, then
Ctrl-Shift drag |
| Object that opened
this window |
Sysmenu | drag from sysmenu |
| Object being used
to view a file |
Sysmenu | Ctrl-drag from sysmenu |
* Basic (free) feature, except in VIO windows; all other features require registration.
Drop
- Where you can drop (Drop Target)
- What you can drop (Dragged Item)
- Which key is required (Key to Press)
- What will happen (Drop Result)
| Drop Target | Dragged Item | Drop Result | Key to
Press |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text Window | Dragged text | insert text * |
|
| DTFile | insert contents |
|
|
| Url object | insert contents |
|
|
| File / Object | insert path * |
|
|
| insert name only * | Shift | ||
| File | insert directory entry + | Ctrl | |
| insert contents + | Alt | ||
| Folder | insert formatted listing + | Alt | |
| Unknown item | insert app-specific text * | Alt | |
| Folder | Dragged text | create file |
|
| Url text | create Url object |
|
|
| System Menu
Button |
File / Object | locate object |
|
| open object | Alt | ||
| popup object's WPS menu | Ctrl | ||
| Titlebar | same as
Text Window |
copy to DTClip viewer |
|
| DTClip Icon | same as
Text Window |
copy to clipboard |
|
| append to clipboard | (Insert) % | ||
| DTFile Icon | same as
Text Window |
append to file |
|
| DTProgram
Icon |
Dragged text | open using text
as startup parameter |
|
| Multiple files | open using filenames
as startup parameter |
Ctrl-Shift |
Note: To drop an object you have picked up,
press Ctrl or Shift (to copy or move), then click MB2.
To cancel a pickup, Alt-click MB2 on the Desktop or a
DragText-enabled window.
* Basic (free) feature; all other features require
registration.
+ supported only in these windows/objects:
MLE, VIO, Titlebar, DTClip, DTFile
% press and release Insert while over a DTClip icon
to toggle between append and replace modes
Related
Features
- What else DT does (Feature)
- Where to use it (Window)
- How to use it (Usage)
- What it does (Result)
| Feature | Window | Usage | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Window Link
Menus |
Sysmenu
button |
click MB2 | show menu of object that
opened this window |
| Ctrl-click MB2 | menu of program object
used to open this window |
||
| Text Link
Menus |
text
windows |
Ctrl-Shift-click MB2 | show menu for selected
filename or object ID |
| Mouse
Marking + |
VIO
windows |
drag while pressing MB1 | mark text |
| press MB2 while marking | copy to clipboard | ||
| press MB1+MB2 | paste from clipboard | ||
| Background
Drag * |
most
windows |
actions using MB2 | window won't be activated
or brought to the top |
* Basic (free) feature; all other features require
registration.
+ Options permit selection of MB1 or MB3 for marking,
and whether selected keys must be pressed to activate this
feature.
OverDrag
- What it's called (Feature)
- What to press (Mouse / Keyboard)
- What it does (Description)
| Feature | Mouse /
Keyboard |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Raise | Up arrow | moves the window under the pointer
to the top |
| Lower | Down arrow | moves the window under the pointer
to the bottom |
| Rotate | Space bar
Button 3 |
cycles through all windows under the
pointer; the top window is sent to the bottom and the next window is surfaced |
| Auto | 'A' key | turns auto-raise on and off during d&d
without changing the default setting |
| Scroll | Page up
Page down |
scrolls the window under the pointer
by one page |
| Minimize | Win key | minimizes or hides the window under
the pointer |
| Restore | Win key | restores a window minimized to the Desktop |
| Redisplay | 'D' key | redisplays the window under the pointer |
| Open folder + | Enter
Button 1 |
opens the folder icon under the pointer |
| Surface
object + |
Enter
Button 1 |
brings an open object's default view to the
top (including objects in the MinWin viewer) |
| Open
parent + |
Enter
Button 1 |
over a window's SysMenu button,
opens the window's parent folder |
| Expand
branch + |
Enter
Button 1 |
over a collapsed branch in Tree view,
expands that branch |
+ Extended feature, requires registration.
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