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drop-object-drop-effect Accessor

Summary

Reads or sets the current effect of a dropping operation.

Package

capi

Signature

drop-object-drop-effect drop-object => effect

(setf drop-object-drop-effect) effect drop-object => effect

Arguments
drop-object
A drop-object, as passed to the drop-callback.
effect
An effect keyword.
Values
effect
An effect keyword.
Description

The accessor drop-object-drop-effect gets or sets the current effect of the dropping operation for drop-object. effect can be one of:

:copy
The object will be copied. This is the most common value for operations between applications.
:move
The object will be moved. This is usually triggered by the user dragging with a platform-specific modifier key pressed.
:link
A link to the object will be created. This is usually triggered by the user dragging with a platform-specific modifier key pressed.
:none
No dragging is possible.
Notes

drop-object-drop-effect should only be called within a drop-callback. It is not supported on X11/Motif. See simple-pane for information about drop callbacks.

Examples
(example-edit-file "capi/output-panes/drag-and-drop")
See also

simple-pane
17 Drag and Drop


CAPI User Guide and Reference Manual (Unix version) - 01 Dec 2021 19:32:42