Drag Text to Tab Bar, Tabs to Search
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@nekomajin
You don't need to drop the selected text to the tab bar.
Drag it to the left or right triggers the search ,and the direction of dragging decides the result page opened in a background or foreground new tab. -
@eluwin
I get it, but it's a different request. The OP was about dropping to the tab bar. -
It can be called drag and search, pick up a text and drag it into the tab bar, and that launch a new search.
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Currently, I use super-drag-for-google-chr https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/super-drag-for-google-chr/dlknjglebgomjjfaijjnebecgjbfjihk to do this. But if there is a native one, I'd like to use it. if it could search by the default search engine in the search box, it will be much better.
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This feature alone is why I can't switch to Vivaldi, when I drag text and drop it on the bar I expect it to open the link or search if it's a text, what would be nice is the addition to somehow choose to open it on the background or the foreground.
but for sure, this feature is the reason I'm not using this browser.
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@bo3ou Right-click, Go to or Search is easy enough IMO; probably easier if the selected text is far away from the URL field.
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@bo3ou hey man try Super Drag chrome extension. I was really pissed of that i can't here on vivaldi drag and drop text on tab bar like on any other browsers before, but using this extension here is even better than the old way. U can drag and drop text everywhere u want on the screen so its even faster than drag it on a tab and in settings of the extension u can choose if u want open it foreground/background. I'm glad that they made extension like this, otherwise i would probably stop using this awesome browser.
@Pesala Vivaldi should have this drag and drop feature in native. I think many people stopped using this browser cause of it. Your way of right-click and then click search is IMO slow and unconfortable.
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@Pesala said in Drag Text to Tab Bar, Tabs to Search:
I don't know why anyone thinks that the context menu is hard to use for this. Unlike dragging to the URL field it offers a choice of search engines, and it's a lot closer.
I also disagree that generally it would be harder as well. Drag & drop operations are more prone to error than context menu operations. That said, I also agree with your findings from researching other browsers, except that:
- whether it searches in the current tab or a new tab by default should be an option
a. as should whether the new tab is active or a background tab - instead of shift possibly using the middle mouse button for the alternate non-default option
- secondary mouse button drag & drop should open a context menu, as does in many DEs & apps
I think it would be a fine addition, I just disagree with that line of reasoning.
- whether it searches in the current tab or a new tab by default should be an option
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@Svobec said in Drag Text to Tab Bar, Tabs to Search:
I think many people stopped using this browser cause of it.
Define "many". I would think the number of users who have stopped using Vivaldi solely for that reason is rather small, as to be negligible. That's not a reason to not implement the request, it's just a very common (and typically fallacious) argument people make for their pet feature request. Even if it were a preferred workflow of mine, the numerous other ways Vivaldi improves my productivity would not make this one thing significant enough to give up Vivaldi. There have been much more painful things missing that still didn't outweigh the rest of Vivaldi's advantages in the past.
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@iagucool said in Drag Text to Tab Bar, Tabs to Search:
Vivaldi already has a drag-and-drop that works on the "New Tab" button, and only for links. For text it just shows that "arrow + plus" cursor and when you release it, nothing happens.
I don't know when this was changed (already some time ago I believe), but dragging and dropping highlighted text on the New Tab button opens a tab with search results from your default search engine.
Question for everyone. Is this enough to mark the feature request as done or do you expect to drop text anywhere on the Tab Bar to start a new search?
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@jane-n Dropping the dragged text or a link onto the [+] New Tab button is error-prone. It would be much better if dropping a link or selected text anywhere onto the page would open it or search for it.
Dropping onto the empty part of the tab bar is not easy for users who fill their tab bar with tabs, but it would work fine for me.
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@jane-n
Personally, I can live with the existing option, but Firefox has an implementation, which allows you to drop the text anywhere on the empty area or between any two tabs. The latter makes it possible to open the search page at the desired location, so you don't have to move the new tab to a new position. -
Fair points. We'll leave the feature request open.
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I vote for this feature (drag text / url between two tabs to open a new tab there).
Using context menu is really inconvenient when there are many items on it. I need to spend time for nagivating and there is possibility of mistouch.
Using mouse gesture is good idea but both context menu and mouse gesture can not meet the need of search text outside the browser.
Existing feature ofdrag into the New Tab button
is work. The New Tab button is tiny and need more precision for dragging. And I need to nagivate it too on non-fullscreen window.
Super Drag (chromium extension or Vivaldi feature on voting) meets all needs above, but another important reason of the need is I want to control where the new tab appears.
It's ok for using default search engine for me because I use user script to modify search pages for switch search engine buttons.
As @Nekomajin says, Vivaldi has done very great job on give choice for different people for now. And I hope it will do better! -
@h4m5ter said in Drag Text to Tab Bar, Tabs to Search:
Using context menu is really inconvenient when there are many items on it.
The link context menu can be edited in Settings, Appearance, Menu Customisation, to remove any unused items and change the order to suit your workflow.
Super Drag and Drop would be great.
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@pesala
Thank you for the information editing the context menu.
Though Super Drag and Drop is great enough. I still have need to manage the location of new tab. Any ideas? -
@h4m5ter Settings, Tabs, New Tab Position, After Active Tab?
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I'm another Firefox user that has tried to switch to Vivaldi time and time again, but this feature holds me back.
What I want:
To be able to drag links and text to open the link if it's a fully formed URL, or start a default search if it's not
Here's how the location matters:
-On an empty spot on the tab bar: New tab with URL or search
-On an existing tab: replace tab with URL or search (maintaining history...)
-On the current tab or location bar: go to URL or search in the current tab (maintaining history...)
-Between two existing tabs: New tab with URL or search taking up position between the two existing tabsPesala seems to think this feature is of no use to anyone and easily replaced with a context menu., which seems odd in the face of all the people posting in this thread.
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@michaelknubben
Never mind what he says. He believes that everyone should use the browser as he does. -
@michaelknubben Nekomajin has a big chip on his shoulder.
Read what I actually said, before forming your opinion of what I think about this feature request. I think everyone should explore what the browser can already do while waiting (sometimes years) for a requested feature to become available.