> Can you clarify that for me, Tor? How is Windows Explorer different from any > other external application?
Well, Explorer is obviously a part of Windows, it is not a 3rd-party application. So it has better access to the internal plumbings of Windows than normal apps. But more importantly, the API used to accept files dragged from Explorer (DragAcceptFiles(), WM_DROPFILES, DragQueryFile(), DragFinish()) is, as can be seen from the names, specific to files. (That API is quite old, since NT 3.1 / Windows 95 days.) More generic drag-and-drop is based on OLE technology, and requires more complex code in the toolkit / application. (There is code for the generic drag-and-drop in GTK+, too (see gdk/win32/gdkdnd-win32.c in recent GTK+), but it is known to be unfinished and broken, so it isn't used currently.) --tml _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
