harytfw/GlitterDrag

Action tip is stuck (does not disappear)

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FCrane commented

Hi!

Thanks for the nice extension, it is really great! Some issues however:

  1. The action tip sometimes does not disappear. E.g. when dropping some file into the browser, the tip "No action" appears and is stuck. The only way to get rid of it is to reload the page. Very annoying.

  2. Sometimes, action tips seem to appear by themselves, without any interaction. If this happens, they are also stuck and will not disappear unless I reload the page or invoke any other action by drag & drop.

  3. What is "New action" supposed to do??? I can select all the actions on the "Actions" tab anyway. I would expect "New action" to let me define a new action, like, e.g. start a program, open a file, print a document, etc. (just like adding a new search template). Preferably, the "New action" would give me the possibility to define any action that can then be selected for a drag operation. It would be best if an action could contain several commands (e.g. first Copy and then start a program via command line, or send the copied image to a program, etc.)

Thanks!

harytfw commented
  1. It is a bad design to allow handling dropping files. The next major version will remove this feature.
  2. Not sure why this happened. Does it happen regularly? What's the site you visited?
  3. "New action" is bad naming, it actually means another style to configure actions.
  4. It is a good idea to start a local program and do some interesting things, however, it required you to install another program to relay commands. it is not easy to implement and security problems may occur.
FCrane commented
  1. I will report it the next time it happens. Probably it just happens with the drop files action: if you drag anything over the FireFox window (without dropping it into it) the action tip appears and is stuck. Sometimes I drag a file or folder from one window to another and just brush the edge of the FireFox window on my way to the drop target and still the action tip will appear and be stuck. Very annoying... Would be great if this could be fixed soon!

Thanks!