Re: Using XDnD in extensions

[Tim <darkxst fastmail fm>]

Joakim,
  The best way to submit code/patches is via gnome.bugzilla.org, will more likely be seen by the relevant 
devs then.

Tim

On 21/03/13 03:29, Joakim Soderlund wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Seeing as what I wanted to do wasn't possible I created a patch which
> extends the XDnD support in GNOME Shell. The patch allows for actors
> to accept XDnD drops and retrieve information about them. You can find
> the patch along with a simple extension demonstrating its usage at the
> following URL:
>
> http://jocketf.se/files/xdnd/
>
> The patch and extension was written for GNOME Shell 3.6.2. If there is
> any interest in this I can try to make it work for the Git master as
> well.
>
> Regards,
> Joakim Soderlund
>
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Joakim Söderlund
> <joakim soderlund gmail com> wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > Is there a way for extensions in GNOME Shell 3.6 to get information
> > about XDnD drops other than just mouse cursor positions? The following
> > code works fine for items from within GNOME Shell (such as application
> > icons), but I can't seem to get any useful information about files
> > dropped from Nautilus.
> >
> > /**
> >  * Drag and drop test.
> >  */
> > const DndButton = new Lang.Class({
> >     Name: "DndButton",
> >     Extends: St.Button,
> >
> >     _init: function() {
> >         this.parent();
> >
> >         this.set_label("[DROP STUFF HERE]");
> >         this.set_position(5, 30);
> >         this.set_background_color(new Clutter.Color({
> >             red: 0,
> >             blue: 0,
> >             green: 0,
> >             alpha: 150,
> >         }));
> >
> >         this._delegate = this;
> >
> >         Main.layoutManager.addChrome(this);
> >     },
> >
> >     handleDragOver: function(source, actor, x, y, time) {
> >         global.log(source);
> >         return DND.DragMotionResult.COPY_DROP;
> >     },
> >
> >     acceptDrop: function(source, actor, x, y, time) {
> >         this.set_label("[ACCEPTED " + time + "]");
> >         return true;
> >     },
> > });
> >
> > Also, although handleDragOver gets called for XDnD, returning
> > COPY_DROP seems to do nothing. The source parameter is assigned an
> > xdndHandler instance, but it doesn't seem to contain any useful
> > information.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Joakim Söderlund
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