[Thunar-dev] Thunar-dev Digest, Vol 5, Issue 31

[Benedikt Meurer]

Wit Wilinski wrote:
> Actually, ROX supports both described behaviours, so what Peter wrote is a bit strange. I think there are two methods of copying / moving files, novice/average users would expect.
> 
> The first is drag-n-drop, currently supported in ROX, and the second is clipboard-like copying
> (a'la Windows explorer) - that would have to be implemented instead of rox's default menu items (Copy, Rename, Move etc).

Actually Thunar will support two different selection-based mechanisms:

- Left-click dnd performs default operation (usually Copy)
- Copy/Cut/Paste using the clipboard

Benedikt