"drag and drop" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} drag and drop (uncountable)
  1. (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. Tags: attributive, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Computing, Graphical user interface Synonyms: drag-drop, drag-and-drop Translations (computing term): 拖放 (tuōfàng) (Chinese Mandarin), táhnout a pustit (Czech), raahaus ja pudotus (Finnish), glisser-déposer (French), trascina e rilascia (Italian), hale-et-laîsse-tchaie (Norman), arrastar e largar (Portuguese), arrastar e soltar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-drag_and_drop-en-noun-xX0OABhx Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 65 35 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 73 27 Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

Forms: drags and drops [present, singular, third-person], dragging and dropping [participle, present], dragged and dropped [participle, past], dragged and dropped [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|drag<> and drop<>}} drag and drop (third-person singular simple present drags and drops, present participle dragging and dropping, simple past and past participle dragged and dropped)
  1. (transitive, computing, graphical user interface) To use such a feature to move or copy an object. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing, Graphical user interface Related terms: point-and-click
    Sense id: en-drag_and_drop-en-verb-Z6bk5ZAX Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 53 47 Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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