Direct manipulation: allow adding multiple contacts to a category via drag-and-drop, or unassigning via right-click menu
A bit tangential to the idea in #2602 (closed) to make it easy to rename or delete a category thanks to the new categories representation in the addressbooks' sidebar:
...it would be nice if you could:
- Select one (or multiple) contacts in the current addressbook, and drag-and-drop them onto the category you want in the sidebar to add that category to those contacts. By default, this would act like a copy (and use the mouse cursor that indicates a copy operation, with the "+"), in the sense that it would just add the category while preserving the others.
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When inside a category, right-click one or multiple contacts to use a
Unassign from category "%s"
menu action.
This would be very quick and painless to use, as well as slightly more discoverable (it would just feel natural with the sidebar's usual drag-and-drop capabilities), making it more likely the user can take the time to keep their contacts well organized with categories.