Strange drag and drop text editing behavior in Mail

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Strange drag and drop text editing behavior in Mail

Sometime when selecting text in an email and dragging it to a new part of the document COPIES the selected text to the new location rather than MOVES the original text.

Is this a bug or is there a trick to drag and drop in Mail?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.1), Macbook Pro 2.8 GHz 15-inch (late 2008)

Posted on Oct 6, 2009 2:52 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 5, 2009 7:07 PM in response to Dee Run

I have the same issue. It's especially irritating for being inconsistent: sometimes drag-and-drop works as it should, at other times it does the copying rather than moving described above.

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Answer 2

Nov 5, 2009 7:29 PM in response to Dee Run

Is this a bug or is there a trick to drag and drop in Mail?

No bug, no trick. You simply have to be careful so that you get it right. Select the text you want to move, then click and hold (pause slightly), and drag & drop to the new position. Simple, and it works every time if you do it rights.

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