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drag and drop

Speech parts

1. drag and drop - Noun

2. drag and drop - Verb

Meaning

drag and drop (uncountable)

(usually attributive, computing, graphical user interface) A feature of a graphical user interface whereby the user can move or copy an object by dragging its visual representation across the screen and releasing it in another location.
Use drag and drop to move the unwanted files to the trash.

drag and drop (third-person singular simple present drags and drops, present participle dragging and dropping, simple past and past participle dragged and dropped)

(transitive, computing, graphical user interface) To use such a feature to move or copy an object.
You can duplicate the files by holding the Ctrl key while dragging and dropping them.

drag-and-drop (uncountable)

Alternative form of drag and drop

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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drag-and-drop

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Examples

Because applications are self-contained, this allows drag-and-drop installation and removal. Source: Internet

File operations are based on drag-and-drop and editor metaphors: users can select and copy files or directories onto the clipboard and then paste them in a different place in the filesystem or even in a different instance of the file manager. Source: Internet

On the user interface front, it did not prevent screensavers from running during playback, it did not support file drag-and-drop, nor did it support playlists. Source: Internet

Apple’s cloud-based storage service doesn’t work like your typical drag-and-drop cloud software (Dropbox), leaving some folks wondering how to use it. Source: Internet

A simple, drag-and-drop app, DreamWorks Shrek & Friends (DreamWorks and Fox & Sheep, July 2016; iOS only) invites you to get toddler-aged versions of six different DreamWorks characters ready for their day. Source: Internet

Best-known for the browser-based, drag-and-drop website editor available for free online, the Weebly software is now available as a value-add on some of the web's leading hosting plans. Source: Internet

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