Browser - filelist - Move should not Copy files

[user0]

XnViewMP 1.4.4
Windows11 (22H2), display resolution 3840x2160, dpi scale 150%

Browser - filelist

Issue
Releasing file(s) (on empty space, highlighted yellow) being dragged with SHIFT (Move action) in the same folder will create copies.
This is very inconvenient and confusing.

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Suggestion
Releasing file(s) being dragged with SHIFT in the same folder shall do nothing.


Standard behaviour

• drag via LMB
  
  • no modifier
    - Copy if dragging to another drive
    - Move if dragging within same drive
    - change sort order if dragging within folder (app feature)
  • CTRL
    - Copy
  • SHIFT
    - Move
  • ALT
    - Create a shortcut

• drag via RMB
  • no modifier
    - on release - display context menu with options (Copy Here, Move Here, Create Shortcut(s) Here)
  • CTRL, SHIFT or ALT
    - display same context menu, but highlight corresponding command

Example

• faststone - drag&drop options

  

  other_apps_fastStone.png (16.54 KiB) Viewed 27 times

Related

• issues
  1.9.2 - browser - filelist - addressbar and titlebar when opening file list
  1.7.1 - browser - filelist - header highlighting issues
  - todo -
  1.9.3 - browser - filelist - no update after lossless operations
  1.9.2 - browser - filelist - misleading Folder conflict dialog when copying shortcut
  - fixed -
  1.8.0 - browser - filelist - details view - pasted file opens in new instance (1.9.0)
  1.6.5 - browser - filelist - history is purged only when Browser tab is opened (1.8.1)
  1.7.2 - browser - filelist - checkbox looks checked at win scale >100% (1.8.0)

• suggestions
  Settings - filelist - custom filter - open with - add more options
  Browser - filelist - filter - improve tags
  Browser - filelist - toolbar - improve customization
  Browser - filelist - toolbar - rework filters
  Browser - filelist - rename - incorrect cursor position
  Browser - filelist - hint - limit max length
  Browser - filelist - Move should not Copy files (current post)
  Browser - filelist - Copy should not be default action
  - done -
  Browser - filelist - add statusbar (1.9.0)
  Browser - filelist - details view - improve Rating, Color label appearance (1.8.1)
  Browser - filelist - context menu - unify behavior (1.8.0)

[xnview]

Thanks to your detailed description I can reproduce the problem.