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Dr. Mac's OS X Tip-of-the-Day 
Dr. Mac - How to Kill a Drag and Drop Operation Before the Drop
By Bob LeVitus
I was halfway through the motion of dragging a rather large file onto a
folder when I realized I didn't want to do that. Meanwhile, the
spring-loaded folder I was dragging to had sprung and I was afraid to
release the mouse button and start a large file copy I'd just have to
transfer. While I was sitting there with mouse button pressed, I
started thinking about what might abort a drag and drop before
dropping... Here's what I found:
The Esc key and Command-Period both cancel a drag and drop immediately.
There's even a cool zooming shut effect if you've sprung open any
folders during the drag phase.
That's all for today...
To discuss this tip (or anything you like) in Dr. Mac's OSXFAQ Forum, click
here:
http://forums.osxfaq.com/viewtopic.php?t=3668
Bob LeVitus is a leading authority on Mac OS and the author of 39 books,
including Mac OS X For Dummies and The Little iTunes Book.
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