[X4U] Drag & Drop: where, when, how?

[John Kiss]

On Jul 13, 2005, at 5:48 PM, Germain M. wrote:

> I'm very glad I came accros this list. Great topics. I'm new to X.  
> Am I dreaming or it's impossible to drag and drop in most  
> applications? Not in Mail, not in Safari. Sometimes I would like to  
> drag a portion of the text on a Web page and drop it on the desktop  
> as I used to do in 9.2. Or drag a portion of the text of a mail  
> message and drop it in Word. Impossible. Is there something I  
> should know?

Not impossible at all. Highlight the text you want to copy, click and  
hold for about a second, then start the drag (to the desktop, Word,  
etc.)