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Keyboard State
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Intersoft WebDesktop > WebDragDropExtender > Features > Keyboard State

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This feature allows you to query the keyboard state during a drag operation. With this capability, you can easily achieve more advanced scenarios such as determining the Effect based on the key state of the current drag context.

It is very common in Windows® desktop application providing a drag-drop capability which action is determined by the key state. For instance, in Windows Explorer, you can drag some files and while you hover on the target folder, you can press Ctrl key in order to perform Copy action. Likewise, you can press Shift to perform Move action.
WebDragDropExtender brought this feature live to the Web, so you can now add the same rich drag-drop experience to your Web application. This results in a better Web experience for your end users.

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