I can't drag and drop icons

Whenever I click on something and try and drag it somewhere else it just doesn't work at all.

Restart and see if that solves your issue.

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https://discussions.apple.com/message/18436580#18436580
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http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/dnd/intro.htmlis to make up something on your own. You could use a glasspane (see JRootPane api for overview) as mentioned in the tutorial.
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import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.*;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.MouseInputAdapter;
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        f.setVisible(true);
class CopyDragHandler extends MouseInputAdapter {
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    DragRx target;
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    Point offset = new Point();
    boolean dragging = false;
    final int MIN_DIST = 5;
    public CopyDragHandler(JComponent c, DragRx dr) {
        source = c;
        target = dr;
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        for(int j = 0; j < c.length; j++) {
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            if(r.contains(p) && c[j] instanceof JLabel) {
                offset.x = p.x - r.x;
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                start = p;
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                break;
    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
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    public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
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        if(!dragging && selectedLabel != null
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            dragging = true;
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        if(dragging) {
            int x = p.x - offset.x;
            int y = p.y - offset.y;
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    private void copyAndSend() {
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    private BufferedImage copy(BufferedImage src) {
        int w = src.getWidth();
        int h = src.getHeight();
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        g2.drawImage(src,0,0,source);
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