Feature: Allow drag and drop of files between tags

[carlosvsilva]

What feature or improvement do you think would benefit Files?

I would really enjoy and value being able to move around each file from one tag group to another with the mouse pointer, like a Kanban board, to update progress on work on each file.

Requirements

• This proposal will allow dragging files/folders between containers in the tag widget
• Moving an item between tags will remove the previous tag from the file

Files Version

2.4.40.0

Windows Version

Win11 22H2 10.0.22621.1265

Comments

[yaira2]

This would work if files could only have a single tag, but considering we support multiple tags, what would be a good way to differentiate between users dragging to add a tag vs users dragging to switch the tag?

[carlosvsilva]

My intuitive belief is that dragging in a series of horizontal boards will change tags from the previous tag to the new one. If the user holds Alt (or Files default modifier key) then after dragging from one list to another, Files can just add the new tag, and retain the previous one too.

[yaira2]

What about the sidebar? If a file has an existing tag and a user drags to a different tag in the sidebar, would you expect the existing tag to be removed?