48912 - [feature] implement drag-based multiple selection in trees

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: XUL, defect, P3)

Description

[Blake Ross]

Build ID: 2000081308

Although the trees in the Customize Search, Customize Sidebar, and Customize 
Character Coding dialogs are all multiselect (using Shift+Click or Ctrl+Click), 
you can't drag select within them...because of this, maybe people will fail to 
realize that they can transfer more than one item at a time.   

I wasn't sure if this is a general tree regression, or if each dialog's owner 
needs to update its xul to support the newer trees (well, 'newer' about 2 
months ago).

Comment 1

[Blake Ross]

nominating for beta3 -- most users won't even realize that some trees are 
multiselect (few people know of the modifier+click functionality), causing 
widespread loss of functionality, usability, and productivity throughout the 
product.

Comment 2

[David Hyatt]

4.x does not support drag-based selection in trees (at least on Win32).  Hard to 
argue that a feature that doesn't exist in 4.x should suddenly be added at the 
last minute to 6.0.

It's also nontrivial feature work.  We can't be feature creeping now when we're 
close to shipping.

Sorry, I'm minusing this request.

Comment 3

[Blake Ross]

Sorry -- I thought it used to exist in 6.0, so figured it would just be a 
regression fix.  Didn't realize it never did...

Comment 4

[David Hyatt]

Just to clarify, you were never able to do this in Seamonkey, so this 
constitutes an RFE.  Updating summary to reflect this.

Comment 5

[David Hyatt]

*** Bug 48341 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

*** Bug 54814 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[John Morrison]

*** Bug 42116 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[Jan Varga [:janv]]

taking

Comment 9

[FZiegler]

> taking

That's great.

Would it be right to list bug 114637 (a clear 4xp issue on the mac, imho) as
depending on this one?

Comment 10

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Yes.

Comment 11

[Jan Varga [:janv]]

I don't think anyone is going to work on this given the plan to remove XUL tree widget.