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Re: Dragged files show up in the corner

From Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Dragged files show up in the corner
Date 2014-02-20 15:01 +0000
Organization Miskatonic U
Message-ID <slrnlgc66j.ku.g.kreme@oswin.local> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <isw-18161C.21033917022014@[216.168.3.50]> <do_ray_me-B73EED.17462218022014@news.albasani.net> <isw-4882B6.10194818022014@[216.168.3.50]> <bmhqq3Fdm2cU2@mid.individual.net> <isw-7F4736.22324618022014@[216.168.3.50]>

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In message <isw-7F4736.22324618022014@[216.168.3.50]> 
  isw <isw@witzend.com> wrote:
> In article <bmhqq3Fdm2cU2@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

>> On 2014-02-18, isw <isw@witzend.com> wrote:
>> > In article <do_ray_me-B73EED.17462218022014@news.albasani.net>,
>> >  dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> In article <isw-18161C.21033917022014@[216.168.3.50]>,
>> >>  isw <isw@witzend.com> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> > In article <do_ray_me-EC937F.08252718022014@news.albasani.net>,
>> >> >  dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:
>> >> > 
>> >> > > Have you set a View Option and Arrange by pref for Finder? 
>> >> > 
>> >> > Not sure what you're asking. I'm unaware of any "view option" for the 
>> >> > desktop -- it's icons.
>> >> 
>> >> Click on the desktop to be in Finder. You should have a menu item 
>> >> called View. Under that item in a dropdown there should be a sub item 
>> >> called Arrange by... Select that and you get choices.
>> >
>> > That option is available for ordinary folders, but not for the desktop 
>> > (at least in 10.8.2 ML).
>> 
>> Choose: View > Show View Options instead.

> That is the difference between the desktop choice and the ordinary 
> folder one, but neither offers the "option" I was originally asking 
> about, which is "Put the Icon Where The Cursor Was When I Let Go The 
> Mouse Button".

Yes, it does. It's not labeled that, of course, it is labeled "Sort by:
none".

> In my original post, I observed that that does not always work on the 
> desktop, and asked if anyone knew how to fix it.

The only way it "doesn't work" is if you drag a group of files and drop
them, in which case the system will spread them out rather than dropping
them into one pile. You can then rearrange them to make one pile if you
like.

<https://www.dropbox.com/s/vr81d4o0e4qclgp/Screenshot%202014-02-20%2008.01.09.PNG>

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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

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