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11 Jun 2009 | #1 |
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Question: Drag Drop To Start Menu "Search" field?
Hi, firstly sorry if I have picked the wrong topic to ask this in.
I was hoping someone might know a way to "Drag and Drop" selected text from an application (eg Web Browser) to the Start Menu Search Field. Currently, if I highlight text, I can drag it to the Start Button, hover over it for a couple of seconds, and the Start Menu opens. Then when I drag the text down to the Search Box a 'circle with slash' icon appears, so I can't drop the text into the Search Field. Is it possible to enable a setting somewhere to allow this functionality? Thank you. |
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11 Jun 2009 | #2 |
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Not that I know of, although you can now use cut and paste to achieve the same result - not perfect but at least a usable workaround
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11 Jun 2009 | #3 |
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Hi, I just Highlight whatever it is /right click and copy it, and then paste it into the search box, probably the same as Barman58 does.
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11 Jun 2009 | #4 |
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You could try on DonationCoder.com There are lots of Hotkey programs there. Also if you don't find what you want there's a group in the Forum called Coding Snacks. Request it under New Requests if you don't see something that does it already. Something easy like this a programmer will either tell you of a program that already does it, or script up a little gizmo to do it. It keeps them off the street corners. :)
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11 Jun 2009 | #5 |
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Thank you so much for the replies!
Copy and paste may have to do if I can't find a work around. I tend to prefer drag/drop. Thanks MilesHead, I'm going to check that out. Would love to find a little script that could do it. Thanks again. :) |
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