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| <h1>Drag and drop or copy and paste</h1> |
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| On some platforms, for example on macOS and Microsoft Windows, |
| the operating system's file system browser can be used to copy folders and files |
| from the file system into the Workbench.</P> |
| <P CLASS="Para"> <strong>Note: </strong>The resource(s) must be dragged to the |
| exact location in the hierarchy of one of the navigation views where the resources |
| are to reside; they cannot be simply dragged and dropped onto a blank area in |
| the navigation view.</P> |
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| <P CLASS="Para"> Open the operating system's file system explorer.</P> |
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| <P CLASS="Para"> Locate the file JanesFile.txt that was recently exported |
| and drag it to a specific location in one of the navigation views in the |
| Workbench. </P> |
| <P CLASS="Para"> A dialog appears that allows to determine how the file will be |
| added to the project, either as a simple copy of the original file or as a link file.</P> |
| <P CLASS="Para"> <img src="../images/Image_file_operation.png" alt="File and Folder Operation dialog" border="0"></P> |
| <P CLASS="Para">When dragging resources into one of the navigation views, |
| the project/folder that the resource is being dropped into will be selected.</P> |
| <P CLASS="Para"> <img src="../images/Image37drop.png" alt="Project Explorer view" border="0"></P> |
| <P CLASS="Para"> Drag the file over JaneQUser2 and release the mouse button.</P> |
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| <P CLASS="Para"> Notice that the file is copied into the Workbench and placed |
| into JaneQUser2.</P> |
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| <li>This can also be achieved by copying the file in the file system explorer, |
| then selecting the destination in the navigation view and choosing <b>Edit |
| > Paste</b>. </li> |
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| <P CLASS="Para">Generally, files and folders can be imported in a project by making |
| copies under the project folder, or by linking to the original files and folders by creating link files and folders. |
| When folders are drag and dropped (not only files), the dialog also allows you to create a project hierarchy with virtual folders. |
| A virtual folder is a folder hierarchy in the Workspace whose files are all links referring to the original file system location.</P> |
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| <P CLASS="Para"> <img src="../images/Image_file_folder_operation.png" alt="File and Folder Operation dialog" border="0"></P> |
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