Drag & Drop problem (computer)
Jul 5, 2021 09:37:57 #
Bayou wrote:
I think drag and drop is poor practice. It's too easy to accidentally drop the clipboard contents into an unintended location, and create a real mess. It's better to cut, copy, and paste with either the right click menu, or the keyboard commands...much safer.
Or placing a file in a different directory location because Windows went and expanded a directory and shifted while you were selecting the destination folder....
I still drag-n-drop though, just very carefully.
Sometimes copy & paste, depends what I feel like at the time.
Jul 5, 2021 09:44:37 #
Jul 5, 2021 09:57:51 #
chrissybabe wrote:
If you use any sort of battery driven mouse/keyboa... (show quote)
Thanks, chrissybabe. USB mouse, no battery. Poking around the web there were some references to Windows possibly causing this problem. You all seem to think it's a mouse issue and I'm going with that. I think I'll buy a new mouse, maybe Logitech M535. Never messed with a Bluetooth device, but I guess I'll learn!
Jul 5, 2021 10:03:56 #
fetzler wrote:
A simple rule that keeps me out of trouble: Never drag and drop!
So you use copy-paste exclusively. I've wondered if there is a limit to file/folder size that can be moved this way. But I guess that's not a problem...
Jul 5, 2021 10:09:54 #
Bayou wrote:
I think drag and drop is poor practice. It's too easy to accidentally drop the clipboard contents into an unintended location, and create a real mess. It's better to cut, copy, and paste with either the right click menu, or the keyboard commands...much safer.
I'm beginning to think you're right....
Jul 5, 2021 10:33:30 #
srt101fan wrote:
Dell laptop running Win 10 with optical mouse.
My drag and drop function for moving files has become erratic. Sometimes it drops a file somewhere before I get to the intended location and before I release the mouse button. Have tried the mouse with different USB ports. Don't have another mouse to test. Googled but didn't find much I could work with and/or understand.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any helpful suggestions?
Thanks!
My drag and drop function for moving files has become erratic. Sometimes it drops a file somewhere before I get to the intended location and before I release the mouse button. Have tried the mouse with different USB ports. Don't have another mouse to test. Googled but didn't find much I could work with and/or understand.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any helpful suggestions?
Thanks!
I have a wireless Logitech Performance MX Mouse and have been using it for about 5 years and have never had a problem. It seems to be of great quality and I even have a back-up in my closet. Just a suggestion.
Jul 5, 2021 10:44:33 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
srt101fan wrote:
Dell laptop running Win 10 with optical mouse.
My drag and drop function for moving files has become erratic. Sometimes it drops a file somewhere before I get to the intended location and before I release the mouse button. Have tried the mouse with different USB ports. Don't have another mouse to test. Googled but didn't find much I could work with and/or understand.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any helpful suggestions?
Thanks!
My drag and drop function for moving files has become erratic. Sometimes it drops a file somewhere before I get to the intended location and before I release the mouse button. Have tried the mouse with different USB ports. Don't have another mouse to test. Googled but didn't find much I could work with and/or understand.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any helpful suggestions?
Thanks!
Mice (mouses?) are cheap. Buy another if for no other reason than to test the operability if the one you have. If the one you have is still good, you then have a spare! I probably have 3 or 4 wired mice in a box in my closet that I’ve accumulated when a PC went bust or was replaced.
Stan
Jul 5, 2021 11:08:57 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
srt101fan wrote:
So you use copy-paste exclusively. I've wondered if there is a limit to file/folder size that can be moved this way. But I guess that's not a problem...
There is no limit to file/folder size that I’m aware of. Large amounts of data just take longer to copy.
Jul 5, 2021 11:21:10 #
Longshadow wrote:
Or placing a file in a different directory location because Windows went and expanded a directory and shifted while you were selecting the destination folder....
I still drag-n-drop though, just very carefully.
Sometimes copy & paste, depends what I feel like at the time.
I still drag-n-drop though, just very carefully.
Sometimes copy & paste, depends what I feel like at the time.
I hate when Windows expands a directory while I'm trying to drop something! That problem, much aggravated by the erratic mouse behavior, has caused me to "lose" some files. Maybe old age and unsteadiness has something to do with it too....😕
Jul 5, 2021 11:28:45 #
therwol
Loc: USA
Bayou wrote:
I think drag and drop is poor practice. It's too easy to accidentally drop the clipboard contents into an unintended location, and create a real mess. It's better to cut, copy, and paste with either the right click menu, or the keyboard commands...much safer.
I agree. I've accidentally dropped things into random folders and then had to search for them, not knowing where they went.
Jul 5, 2021 11:29:46 #
therwol
Loc: USA
srt101fan wrote:
I hate when Windows expands a directory while I'm trying to drop something! That problem, much aggravated by the erratic mouse behavior, has caused me to "lose" some files. Maybe old age and unsteadiness has something to do with it too....😕
You don't completely lose the files. If you know the name, you can search for their location. They're still somewhere.
Jul 5, 2021 11:31:27 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
srt101fan wrote:
I hate when Windows expands a directory while I'm trying to drop something! That problem, much aggravated by the erratic mouse behavior, has caused me to "lose" some files. Maybe old age and unsteadiness has something to do with it too....😕
If you’re using drag and drop to copy something, I don’t understand how you can say you lost files. You still have the originals. Copy doesn’t change that. And when you say directory, do you mean folder?
Jul 5, 2021 12:29:23 #
fetzler wrote:
A simple rule that keeps me out of trouble: Never drag and drop!
Never?! That's my modus operandi.
I use D&D* for everything.*Not Dungeons and Dragons.
Jul 5, 2021 12:30:27 #
gvarner wrote:
If you’re using drag and drop to copy something, I don’t understand how you can say you lost files. You still have the originals. Copy doesn’t change that. And when you say directory, do you mean folder?
Sorry, I've been sloppy in my wording. My difficulty is with moving files. Too often the drag & drop process drops them in an unintended location. So they're gone from the original location. I know they're not lost (that's why I put "lose" in quotation marks").
Jul 5, 2021 12:31:44 #
srt101fan wrote:
Sorry, I've been sloppy in my wording. My difficulty is with moving files. Too often the drag & drop process drops them in an unintended location. So they're gone from the original location. I know they're not lost (that's why I put "lose" in quotation marks").
I usually copy the files first. When they have been successfully copied, I delete them from the original location.
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