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how to drag any text to the subject line in mail??
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The beautiful feature i just discovered is that one can drag any selected test for example from an open an e-mail [safari,firefox etc] to "mail" at the dock and send then the mail to any address.
this spares a lot of time if one wants to send a selected text to oneself
what can't be done [i did not discover how at least] is to drag a piece of text [one or nore selcted words in "mail" to the subject line......one has to copy and paste which is a pity because it takes the extra time one spares by the dragging from an e-mail as descrined before.
Any idea how to drag a "text" in mail to the subjectline of "mail"???
thank you
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If you browse with Safari, you can use the Send Link/Send Content feature (located in the File menu) which automatically sets up an e-mail with subject and all. If you just drag text, Mail cannot know whether you want to use the text in the body or in the subject line.
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You CAN drag text to the subject line once the new message window is open.
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Really? I can't with Mail in Snow Leopard. Every field in the message window is a drag target except the subject field.
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You CAN drag text to the subject line once the new message window is open.
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Really? I can't with Mail in Snow Leopard. Every field in the message window is a drag target except the subject field.Art Vandelay
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I have the experience of VandeLay and therefore I am wondering if there is no "key-combination" or "defenition" to be able to drag
If you browse with Safari, you can use the Send Link/Send Content feature (located in the File menu) which automatically sets up an e-mail with subject and all. If you just drag text, Mail cannot know whether you want to use the text in the body or in the subject line. OreoCookie
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I did not discover such a thing in safari: Send Link/Send Content feature (located in the File menu)
any other suggestions?? : would highly appreciate a solution which can spare so much time and i don't I think that Mac would have left out such a simple act.[but who knows....]
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I also cannot drag text to the subject field in the German version of Mail. I can drag to it in the English version, but weirdly enough the highlight is different than that of all other fields. This is a very weird bug.
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Originally Posted by TETENAL 
I also cannot drag text to the subject field in the German version of Mail. I can drag to it in the English version, but weirdly enough the highlight is different than that of all other fields. This is a very weird bug.
That’s odd. I can’t drag to the subject field in the English version either (nor in the Danish version).
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Originally Posted by Art Vandelay
Really? I can't with Mail in Snow Leopard. Every field in the message window is a drag target except the subject field.
Originally Posted by Oisín
That’s odd. I can’t drag to the subject field in the English version either (nor in the Danish version).
What the heck.. I tested on two different machines (iMac on 10.6.4 and a MacPro on 10.6.4 Server) and both let me drag text to the subject. 
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If you drag text to the mail icon in the dock, and have it create a new message, the subject line is draggable.. Same goes for telling safari "Mail Link to this Page".
If you create a new message within mail... Field is not draggable.
WTF.
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Originally Posted by AKcrab
If you drag text to the mail icon in the dock, and have it create a new message, the subject line is draggable.. Same goes for telling safari "Mail Link to this Page".
Not here.
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Originally Posted by Art Vandelay
Not here.
I stand corrected. It's ONLY if you tell Safari to "Mail Link to this Page".. I assume it has something to do with that action actually putting something in the subject line?
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That doesn't work here either.
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Nor here; neither Mail Contents of This Page or Mail Link to This Page provides a mail window with a subject field that allows for text to dropped into it.
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Then I shall repeat.. WTF!? 
edit: I made a quick movie, in case you all think I'm crazy, but the email contains my full name and such... Not sure how -Q- made his fancy recording.
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Originally Posted by AKcrab
Then I shall repeat.. WTF!?
Must be the heat down here. 
edit: I made a quick movie, in case you all think I'm crazy, but the email contains my full name and such... Not sure how -Q- made his fancy recording.
I changed name on one of my email addresses in mail (no, my first name isn't Ambassador.  ) and then just overlapped the windows so most details were cut off. And with Snapz Pro, I just recorded the key section of the screen to focus on the 'action.'
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I changed name on one of my email addresses in mail (no, my first name isn't Ambassador. ) and then just overlapped the windows so most details were cut off. And with Snapz Pro, I just recorded the key section of the screen to focus on the 'action.'
Latin? Chinese? anybody understood what you wrote??
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Originally Posted by bdmesq
Latin? Chinese? anybody understood what you wrote??
You're the first who doesn't.
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Again on of the very nice features, dragging to the icon"mail" lost much of its value as dragging anything [word/sentence] to the subject-line seems not to be possible / solvable by Mac?
At least that is my conclusion from the many answers and from own experience.
Maybe Mac can look seriously into this? I should not be a big deal to solve this,seems to me, considering all the other sophistication of Mac.
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