Re: Drag and drop... without moving mouse?

FROM : Uli Kusterer
DATE : Sat Jul 15 11:33:18 2006

Am 15.07.2006 um 11:16 schrieb Kevin Perry:
> In my program, I have a feature where initiating a drag and drop 
> and holding the dragged data over a certain part of the screen 
> brings up a panel (think spring-loaded folders in the Finder). I 
> want a view on this panel to be the drag destination. However, 
> because the panel ends up sliding under the mouse cursor, if I 
> don't move the mouse before letting it go and finishing the drag, 
> then the panel can never receive draggingEntered: and whatever was 
> under the panel ends up receiving the drag and drop... Is there a 
> way to make that panel receive the drag and drop in this case? (it 
> works in the Finder...)


  Well, as a last resort you could try synthesizing a mouse-move. 
I.e. use one of those CGS functions to move the mouse one pixel and 
back when the new window opens... Not pretty, but maybe it gets the 
job done?

Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
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