What about a category on NSPasteboard that uses an associated object to store 
stuff in the NSDraggingInfo?

Dave

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On Jun 10, 2010, at 12:12 AM, Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> wrote:

> I'm implementing drag and drop in an outline view.
> 
> I implement –outlineView:validateDrop:proposedItem:proposedChildIndex: to 
> return one of several drag operation constants depending on combinations of 
> source, destination and the source mask. For example the operation can be a 
> move or a copy depending on certain things, but <option> modifier key always 
> forces a copy. That works and the cursor badging correctly reflects the 
> intentions of the drag.
> 
> In –outlineView:acceptDrop:item:childIndex: I can work out much the same set 
> of conditions as above and mostly do the right thing, but since a move or a 
> copy is equally likely, I need a way to determine what the last drag 
> operation returned during validation actually was. There doesn't seem to be a 
> way to do this by requesting it from any of the parameters passed to that 
> method. How can I get that?
> 
> I could easily store the last value I returned in an ivar in my controller 
> but it seems that there should be a way to just ask the drag system for it 
> without this being necessary.
> 
> 
> --Graham
> 
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