Super Drag and Drop extension

7twenty

Decided to take a quick look into doing this, but it doesn't appear possible using the standard dragging behavior. None of the listeners fire while a drag is in progress.

Thank you for noting that. I've been playing around with this the past few days and couldn't get anything to work once the drag starts. I thought i was doing something wrong, but seems more likely it's a limitation rather than my poor understanding of JS.

@nomadic said in Super Drag and Drop:

Otherwise you could probably set up something like AutoHotKey to send the Escape key if you press the right mouse button while the left mouse button is being held down.

I literally just setup the same thing yesterday . Works perfectly, but not great for people that don't use AHK, or don't want to install something just for that.

That got me thinking about implementing it as a rocker gesture. Found an extension to see how others have coded it, but even with that, it only works when the mouse is still - once you start dragging that option fails.

Streptococcus

@leeuniverse said in Super Drag and Drop extension:

But Super Drag and Drop is missing... A key feature I use every day.
Select a Word/Text/Link, and then just grab it and drop it on the page itself (super fast and easy), and it opens a background Tab Search for the Word/Text or if a Link going to the webpage.

(Update... Looks like the "Super Drag & Drop Extension" works, but would still like DEFAULT modern browser functions to be in the browser itself as an option rather than using extensions for everything.)
Thanks again...

Can you not work around that? I can copy a word (or a phrase) from a document and paste it into the search bar to look it up. I can also copy a link from an email or another browser and paste that into the address bar.
I use Cmd (or Ctrl for Windows or Linux) with c to copy and Cmd/Ctrl with v to paste.

7twenty

@streptococcus said in Super Drag and Drop extension:

Can you not work around that? I can copy a word (or a phrase) from a document and paste it into the search bar to look it up.

Of course it can be worked around, but why do things the hard way when there's a better way?

Moving the mouse to the address bar requires much more effort in terms of accuracy + more mouse travel compared to a quick flick of the wrist.

@streptococcus said in Super Drag and Drop extension:

I use Cmd (or Ctrl for Windows or Linux) with c to copy and Cmd/Ctrl with v to paste.

Or you can accomplish the same with a literal flick of the wrist.

It really is something you need to try and use for a bit to realise just how good of a feature it is.

I have to use a pretty locked down browser at work, and having to resort to keyboard or mouse copy/paste or drag to address bar just feels wrong compared to how easy it is when i'm at home.

Streptococcus

@7twenty
I use a trackball rather than a mouse. There is not much room on my table, and this way, all I need to do is spin the ball, while the base stays still.