Hi, I am new to vaadin, but I like the look of it, nice work you guys, and hope it will meet my needs.
I am about to set off on a proof of concept for a file system browser that will allow me to copy files from one part of a file system to another, using drag and drop to create a queue of files to copy.
The files are all on the hosting system, not the client end, the user will drag files from one tree to the other, and this will add them to a queue that the server maintains and works through.
I plan to use the tree component, to browse the servers file system, and group files by some attribute (say name or owner), so that the object being dragged is not actually a file, but something representing a sequence of files.
A second tab will allow the user to see the queue and pause / stop / delete queued copies etc. These files are large, and it will typically take up to a minute for the server to copy them around.
I am downloading the incubator as I type. Are there any pointers to similar project - I did read (I thought) about something similar that had already been done, but I can’t see it now.
Thanks in advance for any pointers (particularly drag and drop) or dangers ahead
cheers
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