Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide

To Copy a File or Folder (Mouse)

  1. Make the source and destination folders visible:

    Open a File Manager view of the contents of the destination folder or the icon of the closed destination folder.

  2. Select the file or folder to be copied.

  3. Press and hold the Control key.

  4. Drag the file or folder and drop it onto the destination folder.

    Make sure that you release the mouse button before you release the Control key. Otherwise, you will move instead of copy the file or folder.