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Drag & Drop file icons into file dialog boxes

Anonymous
2018-02-10T13:22:51+00:00

Hello,

I'm a long-term Mac user who finally took the plunge and moved everything to Windows 10 (this was possible thanks to the Fall creator update). Now, I'm up and running and everything is great. I have the same apps etc. There is one thing that I'm missing from Mac's finder and that is the ability to drop file icons into a file dialog box so that the dialog box goes to that directory location and selects the file I just dropped as icon. The behaviors in Windows is that it would actually copy the file to the location that the dialog box shows. I really don't understand this workflow. But either way, I'm wondering if there is a flag or a hidden feature somewhere to enable the Mac finder experience for drag & drop. If this indeed doesn't exist - can we add this to Windows 10?

Thanks

Urs Gubser

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-02-10T14:18:40+00:00

    Is that the feature called Spring loaded folders where you drag a file onto a folder and it drills down to any sub folders within the folder until you arrive your target folder?

    No, and I apologize for not explaining it better. When you have a file dialog box open (either save file or open file) and then drop a file icon (from an explorer window or the desktop) into that dialog box, on windows, that file is copied to the location that the dialog box is - regardless of the actual operation that the dialog box is meant to do (open or safe). In Mac's finder when you drop a file icon into such a dialog box, the dialog box is navigating to the location of the file and from there you can either save or open. It's a very handy thing to have if you orient yourself along files and directories. 

    I found a clip on YouTube that shows the exact feature: 

    https://youtu.be/bWwbgxTCwzQ?t=76

    thanks

    Urs

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-02-10T13:55:06+00:00

    Is that the feature called Spring loaded folders where you drag a file onto a folder and it drills down to any sub folders within the folder until you arrive your target folder?

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-02-10T23:48:53+00:00

    Sorry, I'm on a metered connection, not gonna be able to watch that video.

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