Drag and drop from Edit/Preview window only works sometimes

Ian-Schwartz wrote on 12/3/2023, 12:31 PM

 As you can see from this screen grab, when I tried to drag an object from the Preview/Edit window to my timeline it just drew a dotted rectangle instead of placing it on the timeline.

I just tried to do it again, and it worked, i.e. I was able to drag the object onto my timeline. In the interim, I didn't click any buttons. The only thing I did was compose this post. Any ideas?

Ian

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CubeAce wrote on 12/3/2023, 2:46 PM

@Ian-Schwartz

Hi Ian.

Have you tried using another mouse or connecting to a different port?

Ray.

 

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Ian-Schwartz wrote on 12/3/2023, 4:19 PM

Yes. That doesn't make a difference

Former user wrote on 12/3/2023, 5:02 PM

@Ian-Schwartz In another post you wrote you'd upgraded to 2024, can you go to your icon at the top of this page - My Profile & fill in My Signature with the full name of your CPU & GPU, how much RAM you have & the name of the program you're using, this will then show at the bottom of your comments,

In 2024 It doesn't work anymore like that, read this post, https://www.magix.info/us/forum/problem-when-dragging-clip-from-preview-window-to-timeline--1331331/

Ian-Schwartz wrote on 12/3/2023, 5:16 PM

I gave up on 2024. I’m going to wait until the next patch comes out to use it. I’ve been using 2022 instead.

It seems like adding objects to the time-line is pretty basic functionality, and not some obscure function that is rarely used. Reading the link @Gid posted confirmed my suspicion that 2024 was rushed out the door to grab Black Friday money and Magix figures they'll post the fix in a patch.

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browj2 wrote on 12/3/2023, 9:36 PM

@Ian-Schwartz

Hi,

In your image, is that a preview from the Media or is that the clip on the timeline?

In MEP2022, if it's the preview from the Media pool and you have put trim in/out points, dragging from the preview window works. However, if you clicked anywhere else after putting up the preview except for transport controls under the preview, focus goes back to the timeline.

In your image, it looks to me like what is in the preview monitor is what is already on the timeline. Thus when you try to drag that from the preview monitor, it doesn't and shouldn't work, you get the rectangle that you show in your video. That has always been the case.

MMS2024 came out a fair while ago, not just for Black Friday. Drag and drop from the preview monitor is currently broken but pressing on 1 or the import button on the button bar above the Timeline works fine.

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CubeAce wrote on 12/4/2023, 2:25 AM

@browj2

Good catch John. I totally missed that.

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Ian-Schwartz wrote on 12/4/2023, 8:48 AM

@browj2 You nailed it. Thanks very much for taking the time to figure that out.

Ian