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Hi,

It would be great to be able to Drag n Drop between PB Gadgets and to/from applications...

At the mo' it looks like its only possible through propietary WinAPI callbacks (which is ok for seasoned PBers, but hard work for PB newbies & occasional coders - such as me ). Of course it isn't portable either.

- if it could be implemented like this:
- it would be really easy for bozo's like me to use these difficult techniques...

naw wrote:Hi,

It would be great to be able to Drag n Drop between PB Gadgets and to/from applications...

At the mo' it looks like its only possible through propietary WinAPI callbacks (which is ok for seasoned PBers, but hard work for PB newbies & occasional coders - such as me ). Of course it isn't portable either.

- if it could be implemented like this:

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repeat:
   WEVENT=waitwindowevent()
    select WEVENT
        case #PB_EventMenu
            MENU = EventMenuID()
            .....
        case #PB_EventGadget
            GADGET = EventGadgetID()
            .....
        case #PB_DragDropEvent()
           DRAGWID = EventDragWindow(); Dragged from WindowID
           DROPWID = EventDropWindow(); Dropped onto WindowID
           DRAGGID = EventDragGadget(); Dragged from GadgetID
           DROPGID = EventDropGadget(); Dropped onto GadgetID
           DRAGDROPDATA = GetClipboardData(#PB_DragDropData)
     endSelect
until WEVENT=#PB_EventCloseWindow

- it would be really easy for bozo's like me to use these difficult techniques...

naw, I'm with you on this one. I like the power of the few API calls I have successfully accomplished through P.S.; (thanks to the 'tut's' here in the forums!). however, it would be nice to see this as a lib (hope to get to the point of being to create those myself within six to twelve months) or innate to P.B. *thumbs up*

I agree, this would be something nice, especially if it was cross-platform.

Fred, Could this be considered for PB4?

I know it is possible through APIs, but Drag&Drop is pretty standard GUI facility in apps (ideally portable between Linux & Windows - but just on Windows would be good enough).

It would be a great usability enhancement to PB Apps.

Can't dissagre with that

i never see a app used this? any example?

Really? How about notepad? explorer, wordpad, winrar, winzip etc etc

GeoTrail wrote:Really? How about notepad? explorer, wordpad, winrar, winzip etc etc

notepad? how did you enable this feature? demo?

Don't have notepad anymore, I replaced it with Context but I'm pretty sure it supports drag and drop too. Open it up and drag and drop a text file in the window. think it should work.

GeoTrail wrote:Don't have notepad anymore, I replaced it with Context but I'm pretty sure it supports drag and drop too. Open it up and drag and drop a text file in the window. think it should work.

So are you talking about drag and drop filename (text file)?

Is that what happens?
Anyways, it's still drag'n drop

GeoTrail wrote:Is that what happens?
Anyways, it's still drag'n drop

I think you and not me are off topic though

GeoTrail wrote:Is that what happens?
Anyways, it's still drag'n drop

No, it of course open the text file