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[Hannie Dumoleyn <lafeber-dumoleyn2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Paddy,
That is a good question.
In the following examples:
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To move a tab to a different location on the tab bar, drag it there 
using your
mouse. Click-and-hold on the tab and drag the tab to a new place on the tab
bar.
To move a tab from one Firefox window to another already open win-
dow, click-and-hold on the tab and drag it to the tab bar on the other Fire-
fox window.
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I think the click-and-hold is right, because it explains that you first 
have to click on the tab and hold down the mouse button, then drag it to 
its destination. Beginners do not always know that dragging means you 
have to click-and-hold first.
I send this question and answer to the mailing list, because I want to 
know what others think about this.
Hannie
P.s.: if you join our channel #ubuntu-manual every once in a while, you 
can ask this kind of questions directly.

Op 11-06-12 14:35, Paddy Landau schreef:
> A few times, I have seen the phrasing "click-and-hold" when talking 
> about dragging something.
>
> Shouldn't we use "drag" rather than "click-and-hold"? It is an old, 
> well-used phrase in Windows, Mac and Linux. It also applies to 
> touch-screens, where "click" does not make sense.
>
> In like fashion, I have tended to replace "click" with "select" where 
> appropriate.
>
> Paddy