Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!MIX!Blackbird From: billy@MIX.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 05:37:44 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1392701864 7373 166.84.1.5 (18 Feb 2014 05:37:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 05:37:44 +0000 (UTC) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:56646 dorayme writes, quoting isw : > > 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? Something like this happens to me when dragging anything out of the downloads folder stack and dropping it on the desktop. It will always land higher and to the right (several icons worth of distance) from where it is dropped. This is on OS 10.9.1. > Have you set a View Option and Arrange by pref for Finder? I am using the Sort by: Snap to Grid option. The grid spacing is set in the middle of the range of choices. When the above occurs, the landing position is not aligned on the grid, and frequently it will be somewhat on top of something else that was already there (the 20 or so items on the right side of the desktop). Billy Y.. -- sub #'9+1 ,r0 ; convert ascii byte add #9.+1 ,r0 ; to an integer bcc 20$ ; not a number