General :: How Does "Drag And Drop" Work In The X Window System
Aug 16, 2011
I'm an old-school dinosaur, and I'd like to understand how drag and drop works on the X window system under Linux. Is it build into the X protocol? Is it a function of the window manager? Do applications have to be aware of drag and drop? Is it both the applications and the window manager?I'm looking for a general technical understanding. If I have specific questions about how to modify an app to support drag and drop, I'll ask them over on Stackoverflow.
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Jul 24, 2010
How would you make a window drag'n'drop? I have hidden the title bar using:
Code: self.window.set_decorated(False)
But I still want this window to be moveable, by clicking and dragging anywhere within the window. I would rather just use pyGTK, but Xlib is fine with me as well.
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Nov 20, 2010
So I've kind of got sick of the stock Ubuntu 10.10 GDM theme, so I really want to change it. I Googled how to, and every tutorial brought me to the "Login Screen Settings" dialog and told me to either drag and drop the .tar.gz theme into the window or press the "Install" button. However, drag and drop wouldn't work, and there was no "Install" button.
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Jan 27, 2010
Using xfce. I plug in my USB storage device and try to 'drag 'n drop' copy from home File Manager window and the USB disk window and immediately get a "Permission Denied" window. I check permissions and all seem ok. All users have read/write privileges to USB disk. I can even use terminal and cp from home to /media/disk/<what ever>. I can even create a new USB disk folder using the file manager menu. Just can't drag 'n drop between manager windows.
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Mar 12, 2011
With a default 11.4 (64bit) installation with Gnome - and using the 11.4 one click installer on
VideoLAN - VLC: Free streaming and multimedia solutions for all OS! - the 11.3 integration seems to have worked better.
The first issue is that it's no longer automatically integrated into the right click context menu of movie files.
This integration happened in 11.3.
The second, which I think is user error but I really cannot get it to work is dragging and dropping files does not work.
-> Open Nautilus
-> Navigate to folder with movie files
-> Open VLC
-> Click on a file in Nautilus and try and drag it onto VLC
The VLC is hidden during the file click and drag, so a drag to the bottom panel is required to try and activate VLC - however, VLC is never activated. I have tried different positions on screen but still over the VLC entry to try and activate it, but nothing happens.
This same sequence on 11.3 correctly activates VLC so I can drag and drop.
A workaround on 11.4 is to make VLC "Always on top" via the right click menu on the VLC title bar.
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Aug 3, 2011
I have Hp pavilion dv6 3031-et Laptop My system is kernel Open SUSE 11.4 Linux linux-0cyr.site 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2011-07-21 02:17:24 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I was installed in this week and just OpenSUSE handle my all drivers except graphic cards but I handle that too ;
Here is my problem ; If I try add something on menu like a mozilla add home button my gnome screen it restart and my works all gone in this time But If I open my system with nomodeset on boot If I deactived my graphics cards Everything is fine I can do drag-drop I can something on menu but I open normal mode I cannot add anything on any programs
I android-programmer I use a Eclipse-Classic If I try add button on my main.xml or anything my gnome restart I try another programs like drag-drop adding on mouse my screen restart and gnome re-open?
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Mar 27, 2010
Just installed latest ubuntu netbook remix (for my eeepc).I can't customise the desktop the way I like it. On Debian I used to drag/drop the top panel and place it to the right. With this install the top panel is locked on top, gconf 'locked' checkbox is unlocked.Is this a bug or a feature? can we work around.
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Apr 11, 2010
The GUI on nautilus is painfully slow to work with. Every time I drag and drop a file I have to wait for the nautilus to slowly shade the whole file window . . . . . . . before it stops and lets me drop the file. I searched for a way to turn off this "animation", but found nothing.
I've tried pcman, but it wouldn't open my files. Thunar insists on copying files instead of just moving them.
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May 30, 2010
I have been using Ubuntu 10.04 (32 bit) as a headless workstation, running a VNC screen. Worked perfectly for about 3 weeks, then suddenly, I lost the Drag and Drop capability, for all applications.
For example:
Dragging and dropping to move items on the desktop does not work. The item simply pops back to the original location. Dragging and dropping to move items from one folder to another does not work. Same behavior -- the item just pops back to the original location. Dragging and dropping Bookmarks in Firefox does not work. The attempted Drag and Drop is ignored. Copy and paste still works fine. The problem does NOT occur when using an attached monitor (primary display screen :0).
I suspected that the changed behavior was caused by an update (from Ubuntu Update Manager). I confirmed this with the following:
Reinstalled Ubuntu 10.04 fresh from the live cd.
Configured minimal networking and installed VNC server.
Tested Drag and drop -- works okay
Applied pending updates (116) from Ubuntu Update Manager
Tested Drag and drop -- not working
I am using vnc4server and openssh-server installed from the repositories using Synaptic.
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Mar 20, 2011
can nautilus be set up in a way, that it has the same right-click drag & drop behaviour like windows ? i mean, i want to drag & drop using the right mouse button, and then i want a pop-up menue like the one i get using the left mouse button and ALT.
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Apr 5, 2011
I have just installed ubuntu 10.04 after using 8.10 until now. I have two sepparate screens (NOT Xinerama). The problems is that I cannot drag and drop icons on the desktop betwen the 2 screens. On ubuntu 8.10 this was working perfectly.
I do not want to use Xinerama because it is not what I want - when I change workspaces, it changes on both screens, one one screen I have to click exactly on taskbar to minimize/maximize application, so I do not whant to use Xinerama.
So do you have any ideeea how I can have back the feature from 8.10 to be able to drag and drop icons from one screen to another ? I have a sepparate home partition and old settings were loaded into this ubuntu, i erased settings from .gnome, .nautilus etc and still doesn work.
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May 10, 2011
I want to do is use a partition other than the one the OS is installed on for my data files. Before I installed 10.10 I set up a separate partition for this purpose and formatted it as ext 4. It shows under Places as a "131GB Filesystem". It contains a folder called "lost+found.
When I try to set up folders/directories to use for data using Ctrl+Shift+n nothing happens. The File menu does not have the option to create new directories. I cannot drag and drop anything onto it. The properties shows root as the owner. how to make the partition usable or direct me to where the instructions might be? After going through 400+ pages of a book on using the command line, I haven't found anything to deal with this.
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Jun 4, 2011
I've got a non-urgent but itchy thing here - I'm implementing a drag-and-drop. All rolls well, but I'd like to have the component be "followed" - if there is a drag on the component, the form should be visible. I'd like to make a puzzle where the player can see the perimeter of the piece to see if it fits where (s)he'd want to drop it. Before I delve into the tons of code, I'd like to know if that (the following) can be done.
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Dec 28, 2015
Using Linux 4.3.0-1-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.3.3-2 (2015-12-17) i686 GNU/Linux (Debian Stretch)
Also using XFCE
When using mouse to drag files from one folder to another (to move, not copy), it frequently crashes thunar.
This has been going on for a couple of months now, despite getting the usual upgrades.
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Jul 29, 2011
On Windows, I can drop file on batch script file, then dropped file is accepted as script parameter and script is automatically executed. Trying the same in Nautilus it seems like not possible.Is there some other way of using this approach in Debian?I hope it's clear what I'm after - I don't want to write Nautilus scripts as workaround and want to avoid: - opening terminal - cd to bash script - type script name andmeter file then executeinstead I would like already mentioned, drop filename expected as parameter to bash script, and then script to execute automatically.
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Mar 6, 2010
For the time being a "feature" included in Karmic prevents me from upgrading to it since it's release. It is impossible to drag and drop (URLs) across separate X-Screens.My setup is as follows (see also xorg. conf attached):: 2 GPUs with 3 Monitors attached (which excludes Xinerama and the like) Every Monitor has a separate X-Screen Whenever I try to drag an URL (e.g. a file form nautilus) from screen #1 to screen #2 this is what happens when crossing the border: The Cursor appears on the left side of both of the Screens. On screen #1 the URL (the files Symbol) stays attached to it, on screen #2 it is simply the blank cursor. Dropping the URL drops it onto screen #1, so the one I'm coming from.
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May 8, 2010
Just installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS running 2.6.32-22-generic kernel on tree different environments: a 32bit neetbook , a 64bit laptop and a 64bit pc.None of them seems able to drag and drop mp3 files from rhythymbox to ipod (nano 5th gen).I have installed gstreamer, ubuntu-restricted-extras, gnome-codec-install, gtkpod.Have experience some ID3 tag demuxer issue too, solved by installing id3 and id3ren.Also when I click on properties, by pressing the right mouse button, over the ipod device on rhythmbox it crashes.
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Nov 3, 2010
I have noticed that lately when I drag a file into another folder to replace a file of the same name, nautilus crashes. I need to restart nautilus to fix this. I can copy and paste to replace the file without a problem though.
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May 3, 2011
Before upgrade to 11.04, I can drag and drop some *bin or *sh file to taskbar as quick launcher. So, I want to drag these applications to the launcher panel in ubuntu 11.04, but it's rejected. I searched and only found that I can drag an application from app list to the launcher instead of.
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May 5, 2011
I recently switched from Gnome2 to the Xfce desktop (Xubuntu). I asked the following question in the Xfce forums yesterday and received no response as of yet.Is there a way I can easily move a directory of webpage links from the desktop to the top panel. I have tried using a launcher without any success and dragging it to the panel isn't working for me either.I have searched the manual, with no insights found about this.[URL]
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Aug 20, 2011
I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 Unity.. the inconvenience I'm facing is that the launcher appears whenever I'm using the "Drag&drop" function in any application, for example Lotus Notes or Google Chrome.
Is there a way to prevent it from doing so?
P.S.: windows manager: Compiz, decorator:Emerald
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Nov 16, 2010
I have opened dolphin and some other application (avidemux, dolphin, firefox,etc). in the first window (dolphin) i have a file. i drag it to another window/application and if i release the left-button of mouse, the window/application of the drag destination become active (raise). is it any way to make it to come in front/top (active) once mouse is over window while still dragging, before releasing the mouse? there is "focus" stings (focus under mouse/raise with the delay) in "windows Behavior". the focus under mouse is working fine, but is not working while dragging. it would be very handy to see where i drop the file, especially if i only see a small partition of the destination window, which is behind other windows.
my spec: suse 11.3, 64 bit, kde 4.5.3, kernel: 2.634.7
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Nov 26, 2010
I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 with Gnome 2.30.2 desktop environment. When I drag a window it only shows the outline of the window while doing that. How can I change the settings so that not just the outline but the whole window still shows while I'm dragging it.
Also feel free to give me any tips on making my desktop look cool
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Nov 10, 2010
I am using Suse 11.3 with Gnome. Is there a way or any package that helps me auto-mount a blank CD-R under /media and everything I drop there will be written immediately to the CD?
It's for my mother and I don't want her to use any other software than nautilus. Is that possible? And if so, how can I do this?
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Aug 17, 2010
In Nautilus I cannot drag and drop folders in side pane in tree view mode. Dragging by right click does not work on the right pane. Is there any way to enable such features?
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Feb 26, 2011
Currently I can:
- Tap with two fingers to right-click
- Scroll with two fingers
- Move the mouse with one finger
- Tap with one finger to click
I can't: Place one finger above the touchpad, one below, click and move an icon or select text. Further details: Running Ubuntu 10.10 Maverkic 64bit
- I have a Macbook Pro 5.2
- I followed this guide: [URL]....1_5-2/Maverick
- Fully updated (sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y)
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May 13, 2010
I am not clear as how to put my question but what I am looking at is some tool which has a GUI to be able to design a databases and also once the database is done it should be working.Some thing like drag and drop interface for a database.As an example I can write a query on mysql command prompt or phpmyadmin to create table its fields etc.Can I use some thing which does not involve mysql command line?What should I search for?I know very well how to work with mysql command prompt I need a GUI tool for the same to some non technical users.
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Jul 26, 2011
We have an application which allows user to perform Drag and Drop operations. The problem we are facing now is the application crash. System works fine for some time and allows user to perform many drag drops successfully. But after running for some time and user perform a drag and drop the system crashes.Following stack trace we are getting while system crashes.
XtDispatchEvent [Event.c]
RemoveAllPMgr [libXm.so.3]
XtCallCallbackList [Callback.c]
[code]....
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Mar 31, 2010
I had a friend load Ubuntu on my PC. Everything work pretty well except i cant use the effects like rain, fire, wobbly window or drag my window into another one of my desktop. My comp has Radeon HD3100 Graphics card in it. Is there any graphics drivers I can dl to make the stuff work.
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Sep 10, 2010
This started after my upgrade to 11.3, if I remember correctly. I may have it slightly wrong because I don't drag & drop copy every day, but it's close. Also, it happened to my laptop & desktop both.
I use fish & Krusader to manage some 50-60 servers and it's a dandy app. But now, when I try to copy files to remote servers, I get the following error. I tried it with Konqeror. I tried it with sftp instead of fish. Same results every way.
I've tried searching, but it's not an obvious error message to search for. I'm flummoxed. And sorta frustrated. Linux would be so slick minus these irritating regressions. I had been using WinSCP / Putty, but the Terminal / Krusader I like much better --- except that WinSCP always works.
Here's the screenshot of my error. You can't see it through the blur, but the part that is baffling is that the top line says something like:
this action will overwrite fish://root@server:2222/ with a newer file fish://root@192.168.5.10:2595/.asterisk_history. Notice that the remote server doesn't even HAVE that file on its system.
Selecting Overwriting just freezes Krusader.
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