racket / racket/gui

Drag a snip% from one editor<%> to another.

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Description

Not so much a bug as a feature request:

At the moment, you can cut/copy a snip% from one editor<%> to another. However, it would be even more helpful if you could drag/drop snip%s from one editor<%> to another.

That way, we can make our GUIs fit modern uses these days. Such as dragging an image into our text editor, or dragging a snip from one pasteboard to another.

It could even potentially just use the cut/copy/paste mechanism (provided the snip defined it), to do it.

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Research direction

Review the existing editor snip cut/copy/paste behavior and how snips move between pasteboards. Define the drag/drop interaction between editors, including whether it reuses the snip's transfer mechanism. Done means a decided scope and an agreed implementation path for dragging images or other snips between editors.

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Assessment

Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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