Re: Fwd: [libreoffice-l10n] Abbreviation for Drag 'n Drop

Hello Heiko,

I've no idea for Drag and drop, but I would place "Shift" in front (as 
Mihail did, too), as is usual in LibO.

Gerhard

Am 08.01.2024 um 16:05 schrieb Heiko Tietze:
> Forwarding Martin's message, essentially the same as Mihail's idea.
>
> Would be cool to have a Unicode symbol for DnD, and mouse symbols or a 
> hand pointer exist but are not for sure represented in all fonts.
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:     Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Abbreviation for Drag 'n Drop
> Date:     Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:50:53 +0100
> From:     Martin Srebotnjak <miles@filmsi.net>
> To:     Heiko Tietze <heiko.tietze@documentfoundation.org>
>
>
>
> Hello, Heiko,
>
> no, in 100+ languages you won't find such a quick fix.
>
> But I wonder if "DnD+Shift" is the correct description? DnD is a 
> description of a technique, not of the actual process.
>
> Wouldn't "drag+Shift" suffice? That would make it shorter in all 
> languages ... It is clear that - when you stop dragging and release 
> the Shift key - it drops (somewhere).
>
> DnD could be mentioned in the tip or help.
>
> Lp, m.
>
> V V pon., 8. jan. 2024 ob 09:34 je oseba Heiko Tietze 
> <heiko.tietze@documentfoundation.org 
> <mailto:heiko.tietze@documentfoundation.org>> napisala:
>
>     Some effort is currently made by Jim to allow drag'n drop from the 
> Navigator
>     not
>     just as link but also to get cross-references into the document. 
> Users can
>     trigger the function via pup-up menu or per accelerator. And to 
> give a clue
>     about the latter we should add some text to the menu, which could 
> be "Insert as
>     Text Reference (DnD+Shift)" (for the full list of commands see 
> attachment to
>     https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36310#c21
> <https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36310#c21>).
>
>     Now I wonder if DnD for Drag'n Drop is well-known and easy to 
> translate. German
>     could be "Ziehen & Ablegen" abbreviated to "Z&A" - which users 
> would never
>     understand. Any idea?
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