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Moving an element from one location to another by dragging it with the mouse.
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"Drag and drop" describes a particular action you can make with the mouse. Click an object, such as a folder, then hold down the mouse button as you drag the object to a new location. You drop the object by releasing the mouse button. Drag and drop can be used to easily move, print, delete, or embed an object or file into another.
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A term for selecting an object or group of objects with the mouse, dragging them to another location and releasing the mouse.
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Drag an item to another location, release the mouse button, which drops the item in the new location or onto an application that will open it.
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The process of moving a file or part of a document from one place to another on a computer screen, using the mouse to "drag" it across the screen and "drop" it at its destination.
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a feature on the Pc which allows one to drag the icon for a document on top of the icon for an application, thereby launching the application and opening the document.
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To directly manipulate an object by moving it and placing it somewhere else using a pointing device (such as a mouse).
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A way of moving or copying cells, rows, and columns by dragging the data with the mouse to a new worksheet location.
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With both the source object and its destination visible, press and hold on the selected source object and drag the object to its destination. Release the mouse button when the object is placed on its destination. Drag and drop between applications copies the object. Drag and drop within the same application copies the object; to move the object hold down the SHIFT key while dragging the selection.
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A mechanism for using direct cursor manipulation to drag selected data and drop it into another view, window, or application.
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Using the mouse to drag a file to an application and drop it there. If the two are compatible the file will be opened within the application. This can be useful when opening documents.
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A transfer mechanism where data is dragged from a source to a drop site using mouse motion.
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A system used on Macintosh computers to move software, icons, or media from one place to another
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Drag and drop is an easy-to-use, direct-manipulation technique to transfer data among applications, among windows within an application, or even within a single window in an application. The data to be transferred is selected and dragged to the desired destination. Drag and drop is based on uniform data transfer. For more information on drag and drop, see the article Drag and Drop.
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In computer graphical user interfaces, drag-and-drop is the action of (or support for the action of) clicking on a virtual object and dragging it onto another virtual object. The basic sequence involved in drag-and-drop is: * Press, and hold down, the button on the mouse or other pointing device, to "grab" the object,* "Drag" the object/cursor/pointing device to the desired location,* "Drop" the object by releasing the button.
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