Disable Drag and Drop
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Is there a way to disable drag and drop in:
1. The Matlab editor
2. The current folder window.
The risk of inadvertent changes are too high for me.
Thank you,
Regards,
Sandeep.
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Ethan Blackwood
on 19 Jan 2022
I agree it's more of an issue in MATLAB than in Windows Explorer...one reason is that if you accidentally start a long move or copy operation in Explorer, a progress bar pops up that allows you to click "cancel." For Current Folder there appears to be no way to stop a file operation once it's in progress, which is the main issue for me. Also, I don't think there's an "undo" aside from restoring from the recycle bin, unless I'm mistaken.
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Fangjun Jiang
on 29 Apr 2021
Search "how to disable drag and drop in windows" and see the steps. I assume the same risk exists in other apps if it happens to you.
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Digital Guy
on 10 Apr 2024
I think there is agreement that there are a number of ways this can happen, in various environments (such as Windows) but I have not seen any direct answer to the original question: "is there a way to disable drag and drop in the Matlab editor"
I would also like to disable drag and drop in the Matlab editor (which for me happens to be running under Unix).
Is this supported?
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