Re: Dragged files show up in the corner

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Dragged files show up in the corner
Date	2014-02-17 20:22 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID	<bmf9caFrpj6U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<isw-23AAB2.12123917022014@[216.168.3.50]>

Show all headers | View raw

On 2014-02-17, isw <isw@witzend.com> wrote:
> Often (but not always), when I drag a file from some other folder onto 
> the desktop, the file shows up half off the screen in the upper left 
> corner, no matter where the cursor is when I let go. If I drag several 
> files, they wind up in a pile at that location.
>
> Why does that happen, and how can I stop it?

Sounds like a bug in older versions of Finder. Perhaps it's still
lurking for some edge case...

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

Thread

Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-17 12:12 -0800
  Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-17 20:22 +0000
  Re: Dragged files show up in the corner nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-17 15:45 -0500
  Re: Dragged files show up in the corner dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-18 08:25 +1100
    Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-17 21:03 -0800
      Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 05:10 +0000
        Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jack Shown <jackshown@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 17:35 -0800
          Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-19 02:21 +0000
            Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jack Shown <jackshown@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 18:38 -0800
              Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-19 04:24 +0000
          Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-18 22:50 -0800
            Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-19 15:50 +0000
              Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-19 21:41 -0800
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-20 16:11 +0000
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-20 23:58 -0800
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-21 05:52 -0500
      Re: Dragged files show up in the corner dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-18 17:46 +1100
        Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-18 10:19 -0800
          Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-02-18 14:25 -0500
            Re: Dragged files show up in the corner dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-19 06:56 +1100
            Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 20:07 +0000
              Re: Dragged files show up in the corner dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-19 08:22 +1100
            Re: Dragged files show up in the corner "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2014-02-18 22:16 +0000
            Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-18 22:47 -0800
              Re: Dragged files show up in the corner David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2014-02-19 14:52 -0600
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-19 21:57 -0800
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-20 16:19 +0000
          Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 19:32 +0000
            Re: Dragged files show up in the corner dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-19 07:41 +1100
              Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 21:57 +0000
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-18 22:40 -0800
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-19 15:47 +0000
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-19 21:59 -0800
            Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-18 22:32 -0800
              Re: Dragged files show up in the corner dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-19 18:39 +1100
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-19 22:10 -0800
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-20 20:35 +1100
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-20 16:13 +0000
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-21 08:22 +1100
              Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-19 15:56 +0000
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-19 22:05 -0800
              Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-20 15:01 +0000
          Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-20 14:54 +0000
    Re: Dragged files show up in the corner billy@MIX.COM - 2014-02-18 05:37 +0000
  Re: Dragged files show up in the corner John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2014-02-17 17:07 -0500
    Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-17 21:00 -0800
  Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Matti Haveri <nospam@here.invalid> - 2014-02-18 11:52 +0000

csiph-web