Moving Files with the Mouse



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Moving Files with the Mouse

 

The user can move files from one host to another by pressing and holding the left mouse button on a rectangle and dragging the rectangle to another host. The mouse arrow must be within the circle representing the new host in order for the change to be accepted. The rectangle will follow the cursor until the mouse button is released. If the button is not released within a host circle, the rectangle will return to its original position.

If the source and destination hosts are not both visible on the canvas simultaneously, the user can still move a file between them. The procedure is as follows. The user first grabs and drags the file to the bottom of the canvas, the user then presses the control key on the keyboard while still holding down the mouse button. This will cause the rectangle to freeze its position on the canvas. However, moving the mouse now causes the canvas to scroll. The scrolling acts essentially as if the mouse arrow were attached to the canvas so that moving the cursor towards the bottom of the window causes the canvas to scroll up and vice versa. The user can then scroll the canvas (while still holding both mouse button and control key down) to the destination host. The user then releases the control key causing the rectangle to reappear under the mouse arrow. The rectangle can then be dragged to the destination host and the mouse button then released.




Fri Mar 31 20:30:34 EST 1995