Method and apparatus for enhancing drag and drop manipulation of

Details Method and apparatus for enhancing drag and drop manipulation of Method and apparatus for enhancing drag and drop manipulation of

1992-12-22

1995-06-27

Powell, Mark R.

G06F 300

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054287340

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus provide a direct manipulation protocol to allow a user, while dragging a source object to a target object, to pass the source object through one or more intervening processor objects, causing an appropriate action to occur to the source object when it is dropped on the target object. If the source object is passed across a processor object for which no appropriate action occurs, the source object remains unchanged in appearance and content. If the source object undergoes modification, its graphical representation to the user changes, giving the user feedback that the source object has been modified.

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Gookin, Dan, "New Wave, Desktop enhance Windows", Infoworld, May 11, 1992, pp. 63, 66, 70, 74, 78, 79, 80.
Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Windows User's Guide v.3.0, 1985-1990, pp. 134-135.
Cohen, Raines, "7.1 done, ships to users Oct. 19," MacWeek Sep. 14, 1992 v6 n32 P1(2).

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