On Aug 18, 2005, at 8:04 AM, Sune Foldager wrote:
On 18/08/2005, at 16.49, Allan Odgaard wrote:
On 18/08/2005, at 15.02, minimal.design wrote:
I realize that I have to click+hold a little bit before I can drag [...] Was this delay before drag implemented on purpose?
Yes -- I can't speak for Carbon applications, but it's how the rest of the OS does it.
IMO the delay is very minute. Not having it is a pain, I tried that (don't remember what program, and it might have been on Windows). I kept dragging text around when I wanted to make a new selection (after selecting one letter too many or too few before). So I for one am for the delay! :-).
I'm not. Mac OS 7/8/9 didn't have this delay, and it was much more pleasant to use for drag and drop text manipulation. The delay turns drag and drop into an occasional-use feature rather than something I use everyday.
That said, there's a text preference you can set to adjust the delay time, but I don't remember what it is.
Chris