[ wxwindows-Bugs-1619410 ] URLDragAndDrop does not work with Ubuntu 6.10 and Firefox

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Bugs item #1619410, was opened at 2006-12-20 14:09
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Category: wxGTK specific
Group: Platform specific
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Noel (noelbyron)
Assigned to: Robert Roebling (roebling)
Summary: URLDragAndDrop does not work with Ubuntu 6.10 and Firefox

Initial Comment:
Hello!

There is not much to say but the URLDragAndDrop sample does not work at all on my system. Neither the dragging to the browser nor the dragging from the browser to the wxPython application.

The strange thing is that dragging a URL from the browser to the widget where you are supposed to _start_ a drag from the application works? It looks to me that something goes utterly wrong here.

Ubuntu 6.10, wxPython 2.8.0.1

Please let me know if somebody can reproduce this problem on Linux.

Best regards
Noel


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Comment By: www.stani.be (pysm)
Date: 2008-02-25 15:23

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I've poked Robin about this, because I need it in my application, Phatch
(open source PHoto & bATCH processor):
http://photobatch.stani.be

Phatch can work with local files or web images. Phatch needs
UrlDragAndDrop for two use cases:
- You can drag and drop any image from the web on Phatch GUI or droplet to
apply effects on it (such as round corners, reflection, perspective, ...)
- Part of the program is an EXIF and IPTC metadata inspector for image
files. It should accept images which are dragged and dropped from the
internet, so photographers can quickly compare each other settings.
Screenshot:
http://photobatch.wikidot.com/local--files/image-inspector/image_inspector_exif.png
Documentation: http://photobatch.wikidot.com/image-inspector

Robert, thanks a lot for looking into this. 

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Comment By: Robert Roebling (roebling)
Date: 2008-02-25 15:03

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Ok, but this means that well need a special C++ class for this, too, just
like for text, bitmaps and file dnd. I'm not sure what the sense for
dragging a URL is, but accepting would be nice.

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Comment By: Robin Dunn (robind)
Date: 2008-02-22 18:03

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It depends on what is standard for the platform for URLs.  IIRC on Windows
there is a CFSTR_SHELLURL data format type, but browsers and other
applications typically use a plain text data format as well, so
wxURLDataObject is a composite with both text and CFSTR_SHELLURL formats.

I think that when we first made wxURLDataObject browsers on *nix used
plain text object for dragging URLs, but apparently that has changed
somehow.

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Comment By: Robert Roebling (roebling)
Date: 2008-02-22 15:56

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I've got no idea how this is supposed to work. What wxDataFormat are you
using? Is there one for URLs defined under MSW?

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Comment By: Robin Dunn (robind)
Date: 2008-02-20 01:58

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Robert, do you know how to deal with this?

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Comment By: www.stani.be (pysm)
Date: 2008-01-23 15:43

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It also doesn't work on Ubuntu 7.10 with wxPython 2.8.4

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