Windows 8.1 Drag and Not

[SmartEd]

I work with around 12,000 product images and build digital and paper flyers and booklets. When I was using windows 7 I would search for the images I required and would drag and drop them into Xara. With the changes in windows 8 I am no longer able to do this, I have to navigate to the image location and open it in Xara then move it into my current document, and this is driving me nuts! I would like to run an app that's docked on the right side of the screen (as the search panel does) that will allow me to search for the image I need and drag and drop it into Xara, I have tried a number of explore apps and none of them allow you to drag and drop. This may seem rather minor but I have a large workload and productivity is very important to me.

Anyone got a solution?

[handrawn]

I have no problems dragging from windows explorer into designer x [ver 8] on win 8.1, or dragging from agent ransack either which I prefer for searching

[SmartEd]

Thanks handrawn, I can drag from explorer but this means I have to browse for the file rather than type in a part code and search for it. Also explorer wont dock on the side of the screen and allow me to search. This is what I'm looking for.

[handrawn]

ok well I can drag from explorer search results [or agent ransack] on the desktop - can't help you with an app that slides out from the side though [if thats what you mean] I don't use that feature, I just split the desktop

[gwpriester]

If I am in the correct folder I get a drop down list of suggestions after I key in a few characters.

I wonder if this is controlled by a setting?

[SmartEd]

That will work well if you are only looking in one folder at a time, we use images that are split into different categories and are split over a few locations, some local and some online. Using search allows me to find all versions of the images and choose the most appropriate version.

[mwenz]

I work with around 12,000 product images and build digital and paper flyers and booklets. When I was using windows 7 I would search for the images I required and would drag and drop them into Xara. With the changes in windows 8 I am no longer able to do this, I have to navigate to the image location and open it in Xara then move it into my current document, and this is driving me nuts! I would like to run an app that's docked on the right side of the screen (as the search panel does) that will allow me to search for the image I need and drag and drop it into Xara, I have tried a number of explore apps and none of them allow you to drag and drop. This may seem rather minor but I have a large workload and productivity is very important to me.

Anyone got a solution?

Windows 8.1...Yep, cannot drag and drop.

You can, however, snap the search results to one side and adjust its width. Starting XDP, it "thinks" full screen is to the edge of the desktop to the edge of the search results, see the screen shots. A single-click will open successive XAR files in XDP.

Mike