Dolphin drag-and-drop

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Thu, 2015-10-22 at 17:26 +0100, Piotr Gbyliczek wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 October 2015 17:37:43 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.
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> I can hoover over tree folder list in places section in dolphin
> window and it 
> opens closed folders and scrolls up and down when holding a file to
> move. 
> 
> Can't do the same over main folder view. 

I'm already using the Tree view. I don't see this behaviour in either
pane, i.e. not in the Places view and not in the main pane.

poc