Drag and drop text from another application
There used to be a really nice feature of Mail that has disappeared. I was able to select text in another application, e.g., Pages or Word or Safari, and drop it onto the Mail icon in the dock. A new message window would open with that text in the body of the message. I can still do this with images from Safari but that seems to be about it. I cannot do this with text. Has there been a change in Mail that causes this changed behavior? Is the problem in my system or Mail.app? Or is it simply my memory (the neuro part not the silicon)? Any help would be appreciated (unless the last possibility explains the problem; then I'd like to hear about it, but I wouldn't appreciate it).
I was able to copy the text of your message and drag
it to Mail to create a new message. Mail was open
already. I closed Mail and tried it again, and it
didn't work.
Jim
Jim, I forgot to mention that I encounter the problem whether Mail is open or closed. Also, I trashed the preferences file and created a new account with no effect. It still works with images and doesn't work with text. Strange. Jim
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import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.*;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.MouseInputAdapter;
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protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
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this.image = image;
repaint();
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int h = image.getHeight();
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label.setBounds(p.x, p.y, w, h);
setImage(null);
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f.setSize(500,400);
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boolean dragging = false;
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source = c;
target = dr;
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offset.y = p.y - r.y;
start = p;
selectedLabel = (JLabel)c[j];
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int y = e.getY() - offset.y;
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int y = p.y - offset.y;
target.moveImage(x, y);
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int h = src.getHeight();
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g2.drawImage(src,0,0,source);
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PROBLEM:
1. Drag and drop text is not submitted when it is dragged into the editable text field.
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This can be seen HERE: http://pttdt.com/winnipegcafes.php
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choice_1.mouseChildren = false;
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choice_3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, fl_ClickToDrag_3);
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stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, fl_ReleaseToDrop_5);
function fl_ReleaseToDrop_5(event:MouseEvent):void
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Instructions:
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trace(box_1.text);
trace(box_2.text);
trace(box_3.text);
trace(box_4.text);
trace(box_5.text);
trace(theName.text);
trace(theEmail.text);
// End your custom code
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