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Thanks - Yes I refer to that &quot;About&quot; article almost every time I need to do drag and drop!<br />
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This was the missing piece of the puzzle: &nbsp;&quot;(source as tedit).SelText&quot;<br />
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Some time the answer is so simple it's invisible!
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Thanks - Yes I refer to that "About" article almost every time I need to do drag and drop!

This was the missing piece of the puzzle:  "(source as tedit).SelText"

Some time the answer is so simple it's invisible!

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I need to be able to drag highlighted text from a TEdit component over to a TTreeView component and drop it as a new node. &nbsp;<br />
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I have been simply programmatically placing it into the TreeView as a new first node then letting the user drag it where needed - but that seems like a kludge - directly dragging from the TEdit to the TreeView would be much more intuitive.<br />
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I &lt;could&gt; substitute a single line of tmemo for the TEdit - but I'd rather not - that can cause &quot;disappearing text &quot;&nbsp;if the user presses enter.
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I need to be able to drag highlighted text from a TEdit component over to a TTreeView component and drop it as a new node.  

I have been simply programmatically placing it into the TreeView as a new first node then letting the user drag it where needed - but that seems like a kludge - directly dragging from the TEdit to the TreeView would be much more intuitive.

I <could> substitute a single line of tmemo for the TEdit - but I'd rather not - that can cause "disappearing text " if the user presses enter.

How can I drag the text from a TEdit onto a TTreeView and drop it as a new node?

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