Drag and Drop Operations

There are two types of drag and drop operations. Normal drag and drop operations with the left mouse button perform a standard action, which is usually to copy or move the files. Using the right mouse button to drag and drop displays a popup context menu, from which you can choose the command to be performed.

Drag and drop works differently with namespace extensions than with the standard file system namespace. With the file system namespace, drag and drop operations are handled entirely by the File Explorer, and ChangeMan ZDD has no control over how they are processed. Namespace extensions, however, handle their own drag and drop operations and can do so in a way that makes sense in the context of the namespace extension.

The standard File Explorer processing for drag and drop often results in handling that is very inefficient, or in handling that does not make sense for a particular drop target. The standard processing is to read a file from the drag source location and then write it to the drop target location.

If you drag a data set (or PDS member) and drop it on another data set, the standard processing downloads the data set when the Explorer reads it and then uploads it back again when the Explorer writes it. The ZDD Network namespace extension handles the drag and drop by copying directly from one data set to the other, avoiding the overhead of uploading and downloading.

The ZDD Network namespace extension handles drag and drop operations in ways that make sense in the context of a particular drop target. For example, you may submit a job by simply dropping a JCL file onto the "Jobs" folder.

Left-Button Drag and Drop

The following table summarizes the handling of left mouse-button drag and drop operations by ChangeMan ZDD. This table applies only to drop target locations within the ZDD Network namespace extension.

Drop Target	Drag Source	Command
Server "Data Sets" folder	Windows file	Upload to data set
	Data set PDS member Unix file	Copy to data set
Data set PDS member	Windows file	Upload to data set
	Data set PDS member Unix file Baseline library Baseline component Package library Package component Promotion library Promotion component	Copy to data set
Unix folder Unix directory Unix file	Windows file Windows folder	Upload to Unix directory
	Unix directory Unix file	Copy to Unix directory (Ctrl key + left mouse-button) Move to Unix directory (left mouse-button only)
	Data set PDS member Baseline library Baseline subdirectory Baseline component Package library Package subdirectory Package component Promotion library Promotion subdirectory Promotion component	Copy to Unix directory
"Jobs" folder	Windows file Data set (sequential) PDS member Baseline component Package component Promotion component	Submit JCL
Application "Packages" folder Package Package library Package subdirectory	Baseline library Baseline subdirectory Baseline component Promotion library Promotion subdirectory Promotion component	Check out
	Windows file Windows folder PDS member Unix directory Unix file	Check in
Promotion site Promotion level Promotion library Promotion subdirectory	Package library Package subdirectory Package component	Promote

Right-Button Drag and Drop

When you drag files with the right mouse button, a popup context-menu displays when you drop onto the target location. The following table summarizes the commands that are available using the right mouse-button drag and drop.

Note

Some commands listed may not be available, depending on other factors, such as package type, component status, and so on.

Drop Target	Drag Source	Command
Server	Windows file	Upload to data set Submit JCL
	Data set (sequential) PDS member Unix file Baseline component Package component Promotion component	Copy to data set Submit JCL
	Data set (PDS) Baseline library Package library Promotion library	Copy to data set
ChangeMan instance	Data set (sequential) PDS member Unix file Baseline component Package component Promotion component	Submit JCL Submit XML
Data Sets" folder	Windows file	Upload to data set
	Data set PDS member Unix file	Copy to data set
Data set PDS member	Windows file	Upload to data set
	Data set PDS member Unix file Baseline library Baseline component Package library Package component Promotion library Promotion component	Copy to data set
Unix folder Unix directory Unix file	Windows file Windows folder	Upload to Unix directory
	Unix directory Unix file	Move to Unix directory Copy to Unix directory
	Data set PDS member Baseline library Baseline subdirectory Baseline component Package library Package subdirectory Package component Promotion library Promotion subdirectory Promotion component	Copy to Unix directory
Windows file or folder on your local computer	Data set PDS member Unix file Unix directory	Download to Windows folder
"Jobs" folder	Windows file Data set (sequential) PDS member Baseline component Package component Promotion component	Submit JCL
Application "Packages" folder	Windows file Data set (sequential) PDS member Package component	Check in Submit XML
	Baseline library Baseline subdirectory Promotion library Promotion subdirectory	Check out
	Baseline component	Check out Submit XML
	Promotion component	Check in Check out Submit XML
Package Package library Package subdirectory	Windows file Data set (sequential) PDS member	Check in Submit XML
	Baseline library Baseline subdirectory Promotion library Promotion subdirectory	Check out Scratch
	Baseline component	Check out Recompile Relink Rename Scratch Submit XML
	Package component	Check in Recompile Relink Submit XML
	Promotion component	Check in Check out Recompile Relink Rename Scratch Submit XML
Promotion site Promotion level Promotion library Promotion subdirectory	Package library Package subdirectory	Promote Demote
	Package component	Promote Demote Submit XML