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Kontact provides advanced drag and drop functionality between the programs it contains. Following is a brief description of each of the specific drag and drop operations that can be effected and the result of each.
Dragging a message from
KMail's Headers pane
to the icon for KOrganizer's Todo list
()
will create a new Todo with
Mail: Subject as the title and
From: Sender
To: Receiver
Subject: Subject as the contents
(where text that looks like
this is information
from the message itself), as well as the e-mail message itself as an
attachment.
Dragging a message from
KMail's Headers pane
to the icon for KOrganizer's Calendar
()
will create a new Event with
Mail: Subject as the title and
From: Sender
To: Receiver
Subject: Subject as the contents
(where text that looks like
this is information
from the message itself), as well as the e-mail message itself as an
attachment.
Note that dragging onto the Todo button creates a Todo, whereas dragging onto the Calendar creates an Event. More on this distinction is available in the KOrganizer documentation
Dragging a message from
KMail's Headers pane
to the icon for KAddressBook
() will create a contact
from the email address of the sender, unless a contact with that name
already exists. A dialog box notifies you of this action.
Note that dragging onto the Todo button creates a Todo, whereas dragging onto the Calendar creates an Event. More on this distinction is available in the KOrganizer documentation
Dragging any number of entries from KAddressBook's main
window to the icon for KOrganizer's Todo List
() will create a new Todo
with "Meeting" as the title and the selected contacts as
attendees.
Note that dragging onto the Todo button creates a Todo, whereas dragging onto the Calendar creates an Event. More on this distinction is available in the KOrganizer documentation
Dragging any number of entries from KAddressBook's main
window to the icon for KOrganizer's Calendar
() will create a new Event
with "Meeting" as the title and the selected contacts as
attendees.
Note that dragging onto the Todo button creates a Todo, whereas dragging onto the Calendar creates an Event. More on this distinction is available in the KOrganizer documentation
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