On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 01:10:19PM -0600, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Norman L Smith <nls1729@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Fedora Workstation 25 Beta... > > > > I have found a difference between Xorg and Wayland drag and drop behavior in > > Gnome Shell. > > In Wayland you cannot drag the icon through the hot corner and paste into an > > application in a > > different workspace. > > > > The Xorg drag and drop is intuitive. You hold the mouse button down through > > the entire > > operation until you reach the target and then release to drop. > > > > The Wayland drag and drop works but it is not obvious what to do. You must > > drag the object > > into the hot corner. When the Overview is displayed, move cursor into the > > Overview. The > > icon is detached from the cursor and remains at the corner. You then > > release the mouse > > button and move the cursor to the workspace with the target. Press and > > release the mouse > > button to select the target. The target will be moved from the workspace to > > the body > > of the Overview. Move the mouse button to the target and press and release > > the mouse > > button. The Overview will close and the icon appears and reconnects to the > > cursor. Click > > the target and the object will be dropped. > > > > I have placed a compressed file with two short videos of Xorg and Wayland > > drags from an > > application to an application in a different workspace at: > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B52Y4vnjoV74WDVaQ1F6TjlXSk0/view?usp=sharing > > > > My question: Is the Wayland behavior intended by design or should I report a > > bug? > > Hmm, interesting. It does not strike me as wrong behavior off hand, > but it is remarkably different behavior. On a trackpad, continuously > holding down the button while dragging with X is a little tedious > actually, and the result you want has a good chance of failure if you > "let go" of the dragged object through inadvertent unclicking. This > is less likely with the Wayland behavior. fwiw, libinput allows you to hold the button down with one finger and use a second finger to move the cursor. that should work on most touchpads, given the right hardware capabilities. Cheers, Peter > > But it's a valid question whether the difference in behavior is > intentional or an artifact. If it's going to change, the sooner the > better, rather than having multiple different behaviors floating about > among Fedora releases. > _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
