Enabling drag-n-drop of page elements
Thursday, 27. May 2004, 15:06:33
Many of those familiar with the technology preview releases during the development cycle of Opera 7.50 were quite smitten 
with a 
new feature. You could drag an element on the page -- such as an image or a link -- only a little bit, only to see it display in a new page. This was unfortunately disabled 
in the final release, as it became unnerving for some novice users. Here's how to bring it back. 
Locate the opera6.ini file in your local profile (see 'Preferences' in the 'Paths' section in Help > About Opera). Close Opera. Then edit this file and add the following lines to it to turn on drag-and-drop within page.
[User Prefs]
Enable Drag=255
The available options are as follows:
º 0: All drag operations disabled.
º 1: Drag elements (links, images) in document enabled.
º 2: Drag from Panels (Hotlist) enabled.
º 4: Drag from "Location" label on address bar enabled.
º 255: All drag operations enabled.
You can also combine these by adding the appropriate numbers
for the desired mix. e.g.
º 3: (= 1 + 2) Drag enabled in Document and Panels, disabled in "Location" label.
º 5: (= 1 + 4) Drag enabled in Document and "Location" label, disabled in Panels.
º 6: (= 2 + 4) Drag enabled in Panels and "Location" label, disabled in Document.
etc.
In Opera 9, you can change the setting more easily by changing the value of opera:config#UserPrefs|EnableDrag.
with a new feature. You could drag an element on the page -- such as an image or a link -- only a little bit, only to see it display in a new page. This was unfortunately disabled in the final release, as it became unnerving for some novice users. Here's how to bring it back. Locate the opera6.ini file in your local profile (see 'Preferences' in the 'Paths' section in Help > About Opera). Close Opera. Then edit this file and add the following lines to it to turn on drag-and-drop within page.
[User Prefs]
Enable Drag=255
The available options are as follows:
º 0: All drag operations disabled.
º 1: Drag elements (links, images) in document enabled.
º 2: Drag from Panels (Hotlist) enabled.
º 4: Drag from "Location" label on address bar enabled.
º 255: All drag operations enabled.
You can also combine these by adding the appropriate numbers
for the desired mix. e.g.º 3: (= 1 + 2) Drag enabled in Document and Panels, disabled in "Location" label.
º 5: (= 1 + 4) Drag enabled in Document and "Location" label, disabled in Panels.
º 6: (= 2 + 4) Drag enabled in Panels and "Location" label, disabled in Document.
etc.
In Opera 9, you can change the setting more easily by changing the value of opera:config#UserPrefs|EnableDrag.
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sgunhouse # 27. May 2004, 15:06