Each preview also includes both the title and content type of each file.Dropped, Workshelf, The Shelf, and Scrawl Pouch all launched as manifestations of Federicos dream for a drag and drop-powered temporary holding place for content on the iPad.If youre unfamiliar with this concept, heres how I described it in my last shelf roundup.Its not always practical to drag content directly from one app to another; sometimes you know youll need that content soon, but youre not ready to drop it elsewhere yet.
![]() A shelf can solve these problems: it serves as a temporary resting place for anything you know youll need quick access to soon. In this way it can serve a role similar to the macOS desktop, which is commonly used as a temporary holding zone. While its iPad version differs in many ways due to the distinct features of the iPad platform, with both versions of the app the core concept remains the same: Yoink lets you drop content into it for quick access later. Exploring Yoinks interface, however, reveals several noteworthy touches that demonstrate a deep level of polish and thoughtfulness. Yoink Plus Button InFirst, theres a plus button in the upper left corner of the app to manually add content from elsewhere in the system, including options to Add from Clipboard, Browse Files, and Add from Photos. Theres also a lock button in the bottom-left corner that determines the apps behavior when dragging items out of it: if the padlock is closed, content dragged out of Yoink will be copied elsewhere while remaining in Yoink; if the padlock is open, content dragged out will be removed from Yoink. There are also two other ways to remove items from Yoink: hitting the Edit button exposes the option to remove items individually, while the trash can button lets you perform a clean wipe of all stored content at once, or simply remove all currently selected items. One is the option to rename a saved item by hitting the pencil icon. As I shared in my last roundup, I really appreciated this feature in Scrawl Pouch, so its great to see it here. Another feature is that you can use drag and drop to rearrange stored items while editing. The final hidden feature in the editing interface is a simple, yet powerful method of shelf organization. While in edit mode, after selecting multiple items, you can hit the button in the lower left corner of the app to combine them all into a single stack. This stack acts as a sort of folder containing the separate items. You can tap the stack to view and choose from each individual item, or you can simply pick up the stack with one lift gesture and drag all items away at once. Stacks are also automatically created when you drop multiple stacked items into Yoink at once; if this isnt the behavior you prefer, its very easy to break up a stack in editing mode, just hit the orange icon embedded in the stack with two opposite-facing arrows. Stacks are a powerful tool made simple in Yoink; my only wish for future improvement is that I could use drag and drop to combine items into a stack, the way iOS apps combine together in a folder when you hold one app icon over another. Now obviously, due to multi-app drag and drop being limited to iPad, Yoink on iPhone cant work in exactly the same way as its iPad version. But there are two main reasons why Im glad Yoink is available on iPhone: the apps action extension and keyboard extension. ![]() On iPad you can actually drag content directly out from the keyboard, while on iPhone tapping an item copies it to your clipboard. Previews are large, which may be a negative for those wanting to see more content on-screen at once, but I think they work well.
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