Dolphin drag-and-drop

[Oleg Markin]

Dear Patrick,

in my experience/opinion, the Dolphin is the best as compared to the file
browsers of Gnom at LInux, Windows or Mac. So please give it on more chance
-- study it's configuration opportunities.

Regards

My telephone numbers: +7(916)585-5548, +7(925)129-1220

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 7:05 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, 2015-10-21 at 17:37 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > I have several Dolphin windows, some with split panes, taking up a
> > lot
> > of screen space. Each pane contains multiple nested folders and it's
> > not possible to have the entire set in view at once, either because
> > they're scrolled out of sight or because one window is overlapping
> > another.
> >
> > If I want to drag and drop a file from one pane to a specific
> > position
> > in another (such as to a closed folder in the target pane), they have
> > to both be visible before I start. IOW after grabbing the file with
> > the
> > left button (and keeping the button depressed) the target pane will
> > not
> > pop to the top of the window stack so I can point at the destination
> > folder, and if the folder happens to be visible it won't open so I
> > can
> > walk down the tree. This is less functional than other systems
> > (Windows, MacOS and no doubt other Linux file browsers).
> >
> > Is there a way to configure Dolphin to get the desired behaviour? I
> > know I can use right-click copy and paste but that's not what I'm
> > asking.
>
> So is this just a limitation of Dolphin? If so, I would like to hear
> recommendations for an alternative file browser, preferably KDE-based
> but not essential.
>
> poc
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