Re: [Bug] b14 prv27: Drag and Drop selected text

Christian wrote:

Remark:
(1) The displayed rectangle to indicate a drag and drop operation is ugly. (2) The time delay needed to start dragging with a "Mouse Down" on selected text is very long. 

I have discussed these two items before.

For the display rectangle I can enhance this to dragging a
translucent picture for OS X, but for Windows it will remain a
rectangle. I will also reduce the rectangle size to surround the
selected text, but this is a very difficult calculation to make
and there are three different modes I have to contend with. So
like I said before, this will be done on a point release after I
release 1.0.

The time delay is there so that you can do things like set the
insertion point inside the selected text (thus unselecting the
text). The current delay time for switching over to a drag
operation is 0.25 seconds. This time delay seems just about right
in providing the best user experience in allowing them to perform
a single click if that is their intention. If you want to
experiment with this time delay, the DRAG_THRESHOLD constant is
currently set to 15 ticks (0.25 seconds). If this time delay is
too short, you will bump the user into a drag operation which
would be frustrating to the user.


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