Can you copy, NOT move, an image to another folder?

John Jovic

• July 09, 2012 23:44

Can you copy, NOT move, an image to another folder?

Yes.

I recently and accidentally found that if you hold the CTRL key while dragging an image to another folder it allows you to copy/duplicate it instead of moving it. I've been trying to do this for ages, no mention of it anywhere in the manual, online or anywhere that I have previously looked. Is this common knowledge and I'm the last one to figure this out? It's some thing I've struggled with for ages.

I can't find any references to copying or duplicating an image anywhere (only copying adjustments). Is this documented some where?

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  Paul Steunebrink

  • July 10, 2012 06:34

  The move versus copy behavior of files in the file browser (Library tool) mimics how Windows Explorer handles files dragged to another folder on the same drive. Maybe it is considered as standard Windows knowledge and as a result not documented.

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  John Jovic

  • July 11, 2012 07:39

  That seems reasonable. I'm sure I'm the last one to know that you can use the ctrl key while dragging to copy, because I didn't know it was a Windows function until you mentioned it (I always used ctrl+c/v etc). I had a look in the Windows Help file (F1) and couldn't find any mention there either (about ctrl whilst dragging to copy).

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  PhaseZero

  • July 11, 2012 21:39

  If you drag a picture from C1 out to the Windows FileManager or the Desktop it is vice versa. By default the image file is copied and only if you use SHIFT-Drag&Drop, the file is moved. This is also Windows-Standard and used in Windows applications, which are implemented well.
  
  Regards from Joseph

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