It might be impossible to implement, but I am sure many users will wonder why it does not work, so here is the idea:
Expected: The text is cut-pasted from origin to destination.
Actual: Nothing happens.
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invalid | Jdforrester-WMF | T50426 VisualEditor: Pre-beta needs (tracker) | |||
| Resolved | None | T43150 VisualEditor: Click-dragging of media items to move them |
Good catch as an expected editing mode; in other examples of this, it could work as either a "live" cut-and-paste, or just flashing a caret where the new content would go.
I can see that work has started on this, with the mouse cursor changing to a "move that item" cursor, and the text caret trying to follow it (despite having some trouble at it sometimes).
The text does not get moved yet, but I guess the issue is progressing :-)
What's the movement on this? Not trying to rush you guys - we have some users wondering :).
Images drag-and-drop positioning is now merged (in gerrit 69279) and will go live shortly; for non-media items, I've split that off as bug 49981, and am closing this.