Consider the file TestFile which is located in the root directory
of the volume Orion. The
folder tmp is selected and its contents shown in the second
list view. As you can see, it is empty.
We have now dragged TestFile to
the Temporary Shelf. This shelf
stores just a reference to
TestFile, so its location in the file
system has not changed: it is still in the root directory of Orion.
Dragging and dropping items from the shelf, though, is essentially the same
as dragging the original object. Here we have dragged TestFile from the
shelf and dropped it on
the contents list of the tmp folder. As a consequence TestFile
has been moved from Orion's root directory to the tmp folder.
If we had held down the CTRL key while dropping the file, it would have been
copied instead of moved (This works just as in Be's
Browser, including dragging between different volumes.)
Note that items are removed from the Temporary Shelf when dragged.
To drag an item from the shelf without removing it, simply hold down
the CTRL key while starting the drag.