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From: rosen@cs.utexas.edu (Eric Carl Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: "Real Drag" INIT
Summary: could be better ...
Message-ID: <18302@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 5 Mar 91 02:36:20 GMT
References: <13366@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>
Organization: Dept of Computer Sciences, UTexas, Austin
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"Real Drag" is nice, and certainly better than nothing for those of us
who have always hated dragging dotted outlines of windows around, but it
could be improved.

There's no reason for the contents of the window to be lost while dragging
if you happen to move part of the window off-screen, except of course,
the memory requirements. This should be an option.

There's no reason for the contents of background windows over which we drag
to be lost (except for the window titlebar), except of course, the memory
requirements. This should also be an option.

There is another INIT at sumex called 'Dragger' which works perfectly, albeit
ONLY in 1-bit mode (It has no effect at higher depths). 'Dragger' is also
faster than "Real Drag" (in 1-bit mode, of course).

This kind of visual feedback is _very_ useful, especially in a Multifinder
environment. I'm surprised that Apple hasn't implemented a toolbox call 
in addition to DragWindow() that drags the entire window, as opposed to the
dotted outline.

--Eric