Browser - filelist - Copy should not be default action

[user0]

XnViewMP 1.4.3 64bit
Windows11 (22H2), display resolution 3840x2160, win scaling 150%

Browser - filelist

Issue
Copy is default action when selected file(s) drag over empty space (highlighted yellow).
It deviates from standart behaviour* and there shall be serious reason(s) for such.

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* standard drag&drop behaviour:
- drag in the same folder - do nothing
- drag with CTRL - copy
- drag with SHIFT - move (do nothing if released in the same folder, see Related)


Suggestion
Copy action (while dragging) shall be available ONLY when CTRL is pressed.




Related

• suggestions
  Browser - filelist - Move should not Copy files
  Browser - filelist - Copy should not be default action (current post)

[xnview]

It was like that since first version of Classic, and i think that it's better to have copy by default...

[user0]

why?
Apart from legacy there is absolutely no point/benefits of breaking standard functionality here.
tbh, in my experience, it's more annoying than helpful.

Another issue is about the drag&drop copy function... is there any way to disable it? I don't think it needs to do quicker making a copy than copy&paste... and there is no undo. It's easily misoperated. the app crashed when I dragged a huge folder wrongly, and I felt lucky it crashed before the copy process starts (maybe it stopped and crashed because I pushed Esc immediately).
I hope there can be a way to disable this function, it really is UNNECESSARY

[xnview]

Thanks to your detailed description I can reproduce the problem.