Introduce option for disabling moving files and/or folders

[jbergstroem]

I've more than once moved a folder into another by mistake. Having an option that disables similar options in the tree view would be awesome!

[winstliu]

Thanks for taking the time to contribute!

We noticed that this is a duplicate of #588. In line with the comments on #623, we're going to focus on improving the UX of drag-and-drop as the solution, rather than a setting to disable this functionality.

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[benyanke]

we're going to focus on improving the UX of drag-and-drop as the solution, rather than a setting to disable this functionality.

Why not both? One is a short term fix which has little impact on those who don't want it, and the other is a longer-term feature add which can peacefully coexist with the shortterm fix.

[benyanke]

Note, to those who followed this thread. A big update on #623:

Given that we're not going to take on significant work on the tree view any time soon, adding this checkbox, while less than ideal, feels like the right thing now.
I can't re-open this PR because the source repo is gone, but we'd accept a good PR adding this. I'll reopen #588.

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