Drag & Drop onto File Compare dialogue

[Oscar]

I'd like to see the possibility to be able to drag & drop files from the main-file-browser-panels onto the "Compare Files" dialogue. It's frustrating to have to walk through some file-tree ("select first file" or "select second file") to pinpoint some file, while the file at-hand is right in front of you in some panel of Salamander.

Oscar

[Raptor]

Select 1 file in left panel, 1 file in right panel and start compare plugin. Focused/selected files will be used.

[Oscar]

Raptor,

i'm aware of this functionality. But is does not always work and it especially does not work if both panels show the some directory. Besides that, drag & drop gives you the option to quickly pinpoint which files to compare AFTER you have openen the compare dialogue.

Oscar

[Raptor]

Yes, d&d functionality should help sometimes, but I'm always using method I wrote before. Select 2 files and compare. But this doesn't work when multiple files in panel are selected. If no file is selected - focused files are compared. If only 1 file in panel is selected, it is used as input for comparer.

[zarevak]

+ 1

I'd like this feature request - I use Drag & Drop very often and it is often the first file opening method in my programs

BTW: There is an old Czech thread about adding more heurestics for automatic file selection in the File Compare dialog: File Comparator: výběr souborů při porovnávání složek

[Jan Patera]

I'd like to see the possibility to be able to drag & drop files from the main-file-browser-panels onto the "Compare Files" dialogue.

It has been added for the next version of Salamander (AS2.52/AS2.52b2).