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    • Nick KatN
      Nick Kat
      last edited by

      Hello!
      While editing a text file, it’s possible to copy a selected text into a new place in the same file. For that, one has to push Ctrl button while D&Ding. Unfortunately, that does not work with dropping a selection outside the notepad++
      So, is there a way to use D&D feature to drag and drop a selected text out of the editor while keeping the original selection in place?

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      • Alan KilbornA
        Alan Kilborn @Nick Kat
        last edited by

        @Nick-Kat

        I’d do:

        • Ctrl+c in Notepad++
        • Move input focus to different app
        • Ctrl+v
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        • Nick KatN
          Nick Kat @Alan Kilborn
          last edited by

          @Alan-Kilborn sure, that will work, just like right click + Copy\Paste, but my question is on why Notepad++ is different is this regard from, say Microsoft Word? In the Word D&D between the latter and some other text field leaves the selected text in its original place.

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          • CoisesC
            Coises @Nick Kat
            last edited by Coises

            @Nick-Kat

            I think this depends on the app into which you drag and drop.

            For example, I just opened a text file in Notepad++ and also opened a Reddit New Post window in Firefox and selected Markdown mode.

            If I drag selected text from Notepad++ to the post text box, it is moved. If I Crtl+drag, it is copied.

            When I switch to the Reddit Fancy Pants editor, the data is still deleted if I drag and unchanged if I Ctrl+drag, but nothing get pasted either way. (Probably a Reddit and/or Firefox bug.)

            If I use a Windows Run command dialog (Win+r) as the target, the data gets copied, but not deleted, regardless of whether I drag or Ctrl+drag. If the data contains blanks, quotes are added around the copy in the dialog.

            I don’t recall the details, but my memory says the control onto which you drop is responsible for most of what happens when you drag and drop. Notepad++ appears to be doing its part.

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            • mkupperM
              mkupper @Nick Kat
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              @Nick-Kat said in drag it out and drop as a copy:

              Hello!
              While editing a text file, it’s possible to copy a selected text into a new place in the same file. For that, one has to push Ctrl button while D&Ding. Unfortunately, that does not work with dropping a selection outside the notepad++
              So, is there a way to use D&D feature to drag and drop a selected text out of the editor while keeping the original selection in place?

              I think you need provide more information as I can’t reproduce the issue.

              I’m on Windows11 and I tested drag-n-drop from Notepad++ v8.5.7 (both 64 and 32-bit mode) to Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Notepad app thing, and Firefox and it worked as expected. If I don’t hold the Ctrl key down it moves the text from Notepad++ into the destination. If I hold the Ctrl key down when doing the drag-n-drop then it copies the selected text into the destination and the original text remains in Notepad++.

              I discovered I can’t drag-and-drop from Notepad++ into this forum’s message reply box. What I tried that a message showed up on the forum side with “Drag and Drop Images Here” but when I let go my text did not get dropped. I guess the message board only allows images, but not text, to get dropped in.

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              • Doan DanD
                Doan Dan
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                • Select text
                • Drag the selected text to the position you want to drop
                • Press Ctrl and release mouse button
                • Done
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