Drag and Drop
Drag and Drop is the ability to perform actions by placing objects on other objects. 

• Dragging is performed by placing the mouse cursor on an object, holding down the left mouse button, moving the mouse and the object along with it, then letting the button up when the object is located where you want it to drop. 
• A typical Drag and Drop operation is to drag an icon from the desktop to a list. The file represented by the icon is then added to the list. 
• Because Evolution uses single clicks to execute actions, you’ll want to be sure that you do actually move anything you intend to drag, so it is not launched unintentionally. If you change your mind about dragging, you can put the object back where it was.
  
  

In Evolution you can perform the following Drag and Drop moves:

• A file to another folder within the same window.
• A file or folder from a folder window to another folder window.
• A file or folder from a folder window to the desktop - This results in a new icon on the desktop representing the file or folder.
• From list windows to the desktop -This results in a new icon on the desktop representing the same object that is in the list.
• From file selection dialogs to the desktop - This results in a new icon on the desktop representing the selected file.
• An icon on the desktop to a general list window - This results in a new item in the list, representing the same object as the selected icon.
• An icon on the desktop to a folder window - This results in a copy of the file represented by the icon in the folder.
• From anywhere to an icon representing a list- This is generally the same as dragging an item directly to the list window.
• From anywhere to the Compost icon - This disposes of the dragged item. If the dragged item is a file, it is placed in the Windows Recycle Bin. If the dragged item is an icon or list item, it is removed from the desktop or list, but the file it represents remains untouched.

Dragging and dropping is ignored in situations that do not make sense. For instance, if you try to drag an e-mail address to a folder window, nothing will happen since an e-mail address is not a file. You may see the following message: Dropping here has no effect because the two objects are incompatible.

Drag & Drop with Folder Windows

Selecting More Than One File in a Folder Simultaneously

• To Select A Range of Files – Hold down the [Shift] key and click the first file in the range. Then, while continuing to hold down the [Shift key], click the last file in the range. All files between and including the two files you clicked will be selected.
• To Select Non-Contiguous Files - Hold down the [CTRL] key and click on each individual file you want select.
  

Moving Files In Folders With Drag and Drop
After selecting individual or multiple files - without holding down any keys - drag the files to the desired location. 

• You can move files to another folder, a list, or the desktop.
• When moving to another folder, the files are actually moved on your hard disk. 
• When moving to the desktop, an icon representing the selected file or list of files, is added to the desktop
• When moving to a list the selected files are added to the list. 
  Note: Moving a file from a folder to a list or a desktop does not actually move that file. Lists and icons on the desktop contain only representations of files, not the actual files themselves. Therefore, when you drag a file from a folder to a list or the desktop, the original file remains untouched, while a link to it is created.
• When moving a file to an icon on the desktop (dragging to the icon and dropping the file on top of it) the files are handled in accordance with the type of object the icon represents. Dragging and dropping is ignored in situations that do not make sense. For instance, if you try to drag an e-mail address to a playlist icon, nothing will happen since an e-mail address is not a sound file. You will see the following message: Dropping here has no effect because the two objects are incompatible.
• If you move a file or folder to the Compost icon, the files are placed in the Recycle Bin.

 

Copying Files In Folders With Drag and Drop

• After selecting individual or multiple files - while holding down the [CTRL] key - drag the files to the desired location. 

 

 

 

Drag and Drop In Lists

• Drag and drop within a list to rearrange the order of the files.
• The list item will be moved to the line above the highlight.
• Drag and drop files between lists to move files from one list to another.
• Hold down the [Ctrl] key before dragging, to copy the list item instead of moving it.

 

 

Advanced Drag and Drop Tips:

• If you drag multiple files to the desktop simultaneously, Evolution will add them to the desktop as a list.
• You can drag files to Evolution from many programs other than Evolution, such as Windows Explorer. You can drop them on the Evolution desktop, or into folders and lists.