[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #50559] GUI editor: drag & drop to code editor does not work properly

[Hartmut]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50559>

                 Summary: GUI editor: drag & drop to code editor does not work
properly
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: hardy
            Submitted on: Thu 16 Mar 2017 01:00:16 PM UTC
                Category: GUI
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.1
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

This bug is a "fork" from bug #41443. This feature currently works in the
Windows version of Octave 4.2.1, but does NOT work in the linux version of
Octave 4.2.1.

Here is how to reproduce it (linux only):
* You have an m-file open in the GUI editor.
* you drag and drop a second m-file to the GUI editor, to be precise you drop
it onto the text area of the first m-file.
* current result: The string "file:///path/to/file.m" is inserted into the
code of the first m-file.
* my expected behavior would be for this common usecase: open the second
m-file as an additional tab in the GUI editor.

Since this feature works fine in the Windows release, and doesn't work in the
linux release, I think this can be considered a "proper" bug, and not only a
wish.

Note: dropping the second file to the "pane area" at the top of the GUI editor
also does work under linux.

My Octave version: 4.2.1, self compiled under Ubuntu 16.04. (german locale, if
this makes a difference)







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