Drag and Drop Functionality

Kontact provides advanced drag and drop functionality between the programs it contains. Following is a brief description of each of the specific drag and drop operations that can be used and the result of each.

KMail -> KOrganizer To-do List

Dragging a message from KMail's Headers pane to the icon for KOrganizer's To-do list () will create a new To-do with Mail: Subject as the title and From: Sender To: Receiver Subject: Subject as the contents (where text that looks like this is information from the message itself), as well as the email message itself as an attachment.

KMail -> KOrganizer Calendar

Dragging a message from KMail's Headers pane to the icon for KOrganizer's Calendar () will create a new Event with Mail: Subject as the title and From: Sender To: Receiver Subject: Subject as the contents (where text that looks like this is information from the message itself), as well as the email message itself as an attachment.

Note that dragging onto the To-do button creates a To-do, whereas dragging onto the Calendar creates an Event. More on this distinction is available in the KOrganizer documentation

KMail -> KAddressBook

Dragging a message from KMail's Headers pane to the icon for KAddressBook () will create a contact from the email address of the sender, unless a contact with that name already exists. A dialog box notifies you of this action.

KAddressBook -> KOrganizer To-do List

Dragging any number of entries from KAddressBook's main window to the icon for KOrganizer's To-do List () will create a new To-do with "Meeting" as the title and the selected contacts as attendees.

Note that dragging onto the To-do button creates a To-do, whereas dragging onto the Calendar creates an Event. More on this distinction is available in the KOrganizer documentation

KAddressBook -> KOrganizer Calendar

Dragging any number of entries from KAddressBook's main window to the icon for KOrganizer's Calendar () will create a new Event with "Meeting" as the title and the selected contacts as attendees.

Note that dragging onto the To-do button creates a To-do, whereas dragging onto the Calendar creates an Event. More on this distinction is available in the KOrganizer documentation