Testing and QA

Hi Joseph:

As far as I know, there is no config setting. That one is for "text & links" as stated, not for files.

I have eliminated drag and drop to course page by customizing course/dndupload.js (making function upload_file return false inmediatly), but thsi hack affects only course pages, NOT filemanager instances, those with your loved blue arrow.

I do have a dual feeling about dnd, having dreaming and expecting it as a teacher, I realize is a nightmare for IT staff. Easy file loading can only worsen  problema with storage and backup/restore.

At my university, ULPGC, we have eliminated dnd to course pages to avoid the loading of GiBs of files. We keep for the moment dnd to filemanager areas but we are considering the topic in the light of 2.3 promise of file references.  As organization what we desire is a separate fileserver for teachers and and easy, really easy, way for teachers to make references (either html links, symlinks or whatever tecnically), and ONLY references in filemanager areas within moodle. 

So, some site-wide config settings to control dnd and use of filemanager/filepicker/repositories to copy files o to make references would we welcome.    

Joseph - I understand you could get annoyed by the bouncing arrow, I think that is a valid issue to raise. I am less sure about your issue with drag and drop upload of files in general.

If you do not want to use this feature, is it not enough for you to just not drag and files onto the filemanager?

If you want to see the discussion which led to there not being an option to turn this on/off at the site level, then take a look here: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-29766

Hi Joseph,

I personally love this new drag-n-drop feature, especially when thinking of the normal teachers that have so much problem to upload files

Like you I dislike this bouncing arrow. A possible solution: hack your theme adding a new CSS definition overriding the default one:

.dndupload-arrow {
    -moz-animation: 5s ease 0s normal none infinite mymove;
    background: url('[[pix:theme|fp/dnd_arrow]]') no-repeat scroll center center transparent;
    height: 47px;
    margin-left: -28px;
    position: absolute;
    width: 56px;
}

Cheers,

Nicolas

From what I can tell, the size of the filemanager is such that it can show one row of file icons. That is sensible if there are actually files there, but could we make it much smaller when it is empty, and have it grow when you add something to it, or even just drag over it?

Also, on the forum reply form, we could put the 'Post' button above the file manager.

Agreed with Ashley above.

We have no need for this and are trying to convince our users to put files into our external repository. Having the drag and drop here means that they are going to continue to do the wrong thing.