Re: CVS: commit robsta abi/src/text/fmt/xp fv_View.h fv_VisualDragText.h

On 1/24/07, Tomas Frydrych <tf@o-hand.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> Robert Staudinger wrote:
> > On 1/23/07, Tomas Frydrych <tf@o-hand.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Rob,
> >>
> >> > class FL_DocLayout;
> >> > @@ -978,7 +983,11 @@
> >> > fv_PropCache m_SecProps;
> >> > AV_ListenerId m_CaretListID;
> >> > FV_FrameEdit m_FrameEdit;
> >> > +#ifdef XP_UNIX_TARGET_GTK
> >> > + FV_UnixVisualDrag m_VisualDragText;
> >> > +#else
> >> > FV_VisualDragText m_VisualDragText;
> >> > +#endif
> >>
> >> Why is this necessary? I assume there are good reasons for this, but I
> >> am very uneasy about introducing platform specific code into src/text,
> >> and particularly src/text/fmt, so I would like to know bit more about
> >> these changes. Thanks.
> >
> > This changes have been made to let platforms take advantage of native
> > dnd APIs.
>
> Could you please elaborate on that (i.e., what are you planning to do in
> FV_UnixVisualDrag)?

Currently it is not possible to drag text outside of abiword (because
a "grab" is done on the mouse pointer, i think). Tomeu is working on
native gtk dnd support, so an image of the the dragged content would
be set as drag icon. That would allow for keeping the xp "vdnd"
feature as we have now /and/ let content be dragged outside the
borders of the abiword window.

- Rob
Received on Wed Jan 24 10:26:27 2007